hERG potassium channel electrophysiology and pharmacology in the short QT syndrome

K+ channels mediating the rapid delayed rectifier current (lKr) are encoded by human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) and play an important role in determining cardiac action potential (AP) repolarisation and the QT interval of the electrocardiogram. A gain-of-function hERG mutation (N588K) is asso...

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Main Author: McPate, Mark John William
Published: University of Bristol 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486078