The regulation of BK channel activity by pre- and post-translational modifications

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 AUG, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kyle, Barry D ^a   Braun, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contractility; Modulation; Neuron; Phosphorylation; Smooth muscle; subunit

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM ION;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOSOL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906494405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00316     Document Type: Review

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