K2P potassium channels, mysterious and paradoxically exciting

Science Signaling

Volumn 4, Issue 184, 2011, Pages

  Goldstein, Steve A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXCITATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; ION TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM;

EID: 79961242545     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2002225     Document Type: Review

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65. Acknowledgments: The author lays blame at the feet of C. Miller, E. Perozo, L. Plant, and B. Roux for encouragement and the NIH for grant support (RO1NS058505, RO1HL105949, and U54GM74946).