Ins and outs of cardiac voltage-gated potassium channels

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Pongs, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.5; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CELL SURFACE; CHANNEL GATING; ENDOCYTOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID RAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 65749088029     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2009.03.008     Document Type: Review

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