Expression pattern of Kv11 (ether à-go-go-related gene; erg) K + channels in the mouse retina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Cordeiro, Sönke ^a,b   Guseva, Daria ^a   Wulfsen, Iris ^c   Bauer, Christiane K ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG SUBUNIT KV11.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG SUBUNIT KV11.2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG SUBUNIT KV11.3; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA OUTER MOLECULAR LAYER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SYNAPTOSOME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 83655181953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029490     Document Type: Article

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