The Schizophrenia-Associated Kv11.1-3.1 Isoform Results in Reduced Current Accumulation during Repetitive Brief Depolarizations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Heide, Juliane ^a,b,c   Mann, Stefan A ^a,b   Vandenberg, Jamie I ^a,b,c  

^a VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV11.1-1A; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV11.1-3.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEADY STATE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA PRIMERS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84866636067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045624     Document Type: Article

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