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K F Raab-Graham1, C M Radeke, C A Vandenberg.
Abstract
We have isolated a cDNA encoding an inwardly rectifying K+ channel (HH-IRK1) from human heart. The cDNA codes for a 427-amino acid protein, with two putative transmembrane domains and an H5 region. The primary structure of HH-IRK1 is homologous to that of the IRK1 channel cloned from a mouse macrophage-like cell line. Functional expression in Xenopus oocytes showed that HH-IRK1 is a K+ channel with strong inward rectification, blocked by extracellular Ba2+ and Cs+, and with a single-channel conductance of 30 pS. Northern analysis showed HH-IRK1 transcripts in human heart, brain, skeletal muscle, placenta, lung and kidney. HH-IRK1 was mapped to human chromosome 17.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7696590 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199412000-00024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroreport ISSN: 0959-4965 Impact factor: 1.837