Coupled K+-water flux through the HERG potassium channel measured by an osmotic pulse method

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 529-538

  Ando, Hiroyuki ^a   Kuno, Miyuki ^c   Shimizu, Hirofumi ^a,b   Muramatsu, Ikunobu ^a   Oiki, Shigetoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOSMOSIS; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRATION; ION CURRENT; ION PERMEABILITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER TRANSPORT;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TRANSFECTION; WATER;

EID: 27644494242     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200509377     Document Type: Article

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