Expression of functional potassium channels from Shaker cDNA in Xenopus oocytes
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 331 (6152), 143-145
- https://doi.org/10.1038/331143a0
Abstract
The Shaker gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a potassium-selective ion channel, the 'A' channel, or one of its subunits. A single Shaker messenger RNA species suffices to direct the synthesis of functional A channels in Xenopus oocytes. Physiological characteristics of the A currents induced by two different mRNA species are compared.Keywords
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