Single channel properties of the slow cardiac potassium current, IKs
The slow potassium current, IKs, abbreviates the cardiac action potential by repolarizing the membrane to a resting state. Mutations in the pore-forming IKs subunit, KCNQ1, cause long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1), which increases risk of fatal arrhythmia. Despite the physiological and clinical importa...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38968 |