Xenopus oocytes as a heterologous expression system for studying ion channels with the patch-clamp technique

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 491, Issue , 2008, Pages 127-139

  Tammaro, Paolo ^a   Shimomura, Kenju ^a   Proks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterologous expression; Inside out; Ion channels; Macropatch; Oocytes; Outside out; Patch clamp; Patch cramming; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 60349099190     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-526-8_10     Document Type: Article

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