Molecular basis of slow activation of the human ether-á-go-go related gene potassium channel

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 558, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-431

  Subbiah, Rajesh N ^a,b   Clarke, Catherine E ^a,b   Smith, David J ^a   Zhao, Jing Ting ^b   Campbell, Terence J ^a,b   Vandenberg, Jamie I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Victor Chang Cardiac Reseach Inst   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESYLATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4344686915     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.062588     Document Type: Article

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