Effects of relaxin on rat atrial myocytes. I. Inhibition of Ito via PKA-dependent phosphorylation

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  Piedras Rentería, Erika S ^a,b,c   David Sherwood, O ^a,b,c   Best, Philip M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c 524 Burrill Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

5 24 amide; Cardiac electrophysiology; Protein kinase a; Transient outward potassium currents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745401332     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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