An EF-hand in the sodium channel couples intracellular calcium to cardiac excitability

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Wingo, Tammy L ^a   Shah, Vikas N ^a   Anderson, Mark E ^a,b   Lybrand, Terry P ^a,b   Chazin, Walter J ^a,b   Balser, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; NEUROCALCIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHANNEL GATING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; EF HAND MOTIFS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HELICOBACTER HEILMANNII TYPE 1;

EID: 1442311544     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb737     Document Type: Article

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