Effect of nitric oxide on potassium channels of rat airway smooth muscle cells

Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-205

  Gao, Yadong ^a   Xu, Yongjian ^a   Xiong, Shengdao ^a   Zhang, Zhengxiang ^a   Liu, Xiansheng ^a   Ni, Wang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Nitric oxide; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; WHOLE-CELL CONFIGURATION;

CELLS; POLARIZATION; POTASSIUM;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0642317068     PISSN: 0257716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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