Pharmacological consequences of the coexpression of BK channel α and auxiliary β subunits

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Torres, Yolima P ^a   Granados, Sara T ^a,b   Latorre, Ramón ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso   (Chile)

Author keywords

Auxiliary subunits; BK channel; BK pharmacology; BK subunits; Kcnmb; Slo1

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIS (1,3 DIBUTYLBARBITURIC ACID) TRIMETHINE OXONOL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; DEHYDROSOYASAPONIN I; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; IBERIOTOXIN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT; LITHOCHOLIC ACID; MARTENTOXIN; PRASTERONE; SLOTOXIN; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TUNGSTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KCNMB1 GENE; KCNMB2 GENE; KCNMB3 GENE; KCNMB4 GENE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84908464866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00383     Document Type: Article

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