Characterization of K+ currents using an in situ patch clamp technique in body wall muscle cells from Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 544, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 373-384

  Jospin, Maëlle ^a   Mariol, Marie Christine ^b   Ségalat, Laurent ^b   Allard, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; FAMPRIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WALL MUSCLE CELL; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; DEPOLARIZATION; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037107430     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.022293     Document Type: Article

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