Cell volume and membrane stretch independently control K+channel activity
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Cell volume and membrane stretch independently control K+ channel activity.
A number of potassium channels including members of the KCNQ family and the Ca(2+) activated IK and SK, but not BK, are strongly and reversibly regulated by small changes in cell volume. It has been argued that this general regulation is mediated through sensitivity to changes in membrane stretch. To test this hypothesis we have studied the regulation of KCNQ1 and BK channels after expression i...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Physiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0022-3751
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.163550