Molecular Identification of the Na+-Activated K+ Channel
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Molecular Identification of the Na+-Activated K+ Channel
Progress in understanding sodium-activated potassium channels (K(Na)), suggested to function in excitable cells both during physiological conditions and protectively during hypoxia, has been limited by their unknown molecular identity. In this issue of Neuron, Salkoff and coworkers now show that members of the Slo gene family, Slo2.1 and Slo2.2, encode functional K(Na) channels.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuron
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0896-6273
DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00119-3