Large conductance, calcium- and voltage-gated potassium (BK) channels: Regulation by cholesterol

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-150

  Dopico, Alejandro M ^a   Bukiya, Anna N ^a   Singh, Aditya K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cholesterol; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipid raft; MaxiK channel; Membrane lipids

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHOLESTEROL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CHANNEL GATING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84862702322     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: 1879016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2012.05.002     Document Type: Review

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