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Harry A Fozzard1, John W Kyle.
Abstract
Many ion channels are modified by the addition of carbohydrate residues. Fozzard and Kyle discuss evidence that sialic acid residues on glycosylated cardiac sodium and potassium channels may be important for preventing early after-depolarizations that can result in cardiac arrhythmias.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11983936 DOI: 10.1126/stke.2002.130.pe19
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sci STKE ISSN: 1525-8882