Modeling GIRK channel conductance
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Functional characterization of a small conductance GIRK channel in rat atrial cells.
Muscarinic K+ (KACh) channels are key determinants of the inhibitory synaptic transmission in the heart. These channels are heterotetramers consisting of two homologous subunits, G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ (GIRK)1 and GIRK4, and have unitary conductance of approximately 35 pS with symmetrical 150 mM KCl solutions. Activation of atrial KACh channels, however, is often accompanied by ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Physiology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0022-1295,1540-7748
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201912479