Relative importance of funny current in human versus rabbit sinoatrial node

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-801

  Verkerk, Arie O ^a   Wilders, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HCN1; PROTEIN HCN2; PROTEIN HCN3; PROTEIN HCN4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LETTER; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; KINETICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77649273814     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.09.020     Document Type: Letter

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