Calcium-activated potassium channels and their role in secretion
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 307 (5953), 693-696
- https://doi.org/10.1038/307693a0
Abstract
Single-channel recording by the patch-clamp technique has now characterized three kinds of membrane potassium channels activated by intracellular calcium ions in animal cells. These play a crucial part in the regulation of membrane potential and of secretion.Keywords
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