Species-specific differences among KCNMB3 BK β3 auxiliary subunits: Some β3 N-terminal variants may be primate-specific subunits

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-129

  Zeng, Xuhui ^a   Xia, Xiao Ming ^a   Lingle, Christopher J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KCNMB3 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PRIMATES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPSIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 48749112359     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200809969     Document Type: Article

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