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SUBMITTER: Stuhmer W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC401447 | biostudies-other | 1989 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Stühmer W W Ruppersberg J P JP Schröter K H KH Sakmann B B Stocker M M Giese K P KP Perschke A A Baumann A A Pongs O O
The EMBO journal 19891101 11
Cloning and sequencing of cDNAs isolated from a rat cortex cDNA library reveals that a gene family encodes several highly homologous K+ channel forming (RCK) proteins. Functional characterization of the channels expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes following microinjection of in vitro transcribed RCK-specific RNAs shows that each of the RCK proteins forms K+ channels that differ greatly in both their functional and pharmacological properties. This suggests that the molecular basis for the diversi ...[more]