Overexcited or inactive: Ion channels in muscle disease
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Overexcited or inactive: Ion channels in muscle disease
Overview All animals are equipped with the capacity for rapid motor response that excitable cells-nerve and muscle-mediate. Voltage-sensitive ion channels on the surface membranes allow the cells to generate brief and reversible alterations of the voltage (action potentials) along the surface of these cellular cables. Ion channels, notably those conducting Na +, Ca 2+, and W, are large proteins...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90345-3