Stretch-activated BK channel and heart function

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 239-244

  Takahashi, Ken ^a   Naruse, Keiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BK channel; Heart; Mechanosensitivity; SAKCA; Slo; Stretch activated channel

Indexed keywords

LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; HEART; HUMAN; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HEART; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES;

CAVIA;

EID: 84868110257     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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