Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
"Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A major class of calcium-activated potassium channels that were originally discovered in ERYTHROCYTES. They are found primarily in non-excitable CELLS and set up electrical gradients for PASSIVE ION TRANSPORT.
| Descriptor ID |
D051660
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.400.600.150.249 D12.776.543.550.450.750.150.249 D12.776.543.585.400.750.150.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels- Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
- Intermediate Conductance Calcium Activated Potassium Channels
- Potassium Channels, Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated
- Potassium Channels, Intermediate Conductance Calcium Activated
- IK Potassium Channels
- Potassium Channels, IK
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels" by people in Profiles.
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IKs channels open slowly because KCNE1 accessory subunits slow the movement of S4 voltage sensors in KCNQ1 pore-forming subunits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 12; 110(7):E559-66.
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Small-conductance calcium-activated K+ channels are expressed in pancreatic islets and regulate glucose responses. Diabetes. 2003 Aug; 52(8):2000-6.
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The hSK4 (KCNN4) isoform is the Ca2+-activated K+ channel (Gardos channel) in human red blood cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jun 10; 100(12):7366-71.