The inwardly rectifying K+ channel subunit GIRK1 rescues the GIRK2 weaver phenotype

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 8327-8336

  Hou, Ping ^a   Yan, Shuizhong ^a   Tang, Weijen ^a   Nelson, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

G proteins; K channels; Neurons; Voltage clamp; Weaver mice; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0343294323     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08327.1999     Document Type: Article

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