Functional expression of inward rectifier potassium channels in cultured human pulmonary smooth muscle cells: Evidence for a major role of Kir2.4 subunits

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-29

  Tennant, Brian P ^a   Cui, Yi ^a   Tinker, Andrew ^a   Clapp, Lucie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Inward rectifier potassium channel; Kir2.4; Patch clamp; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.2; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.3; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33947330445     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-006-0037-y     Document Type: Article

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