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Andersen mutations of KCNJ2 suppress the native inward rectifier current IK1 in a dominant-negative fashion.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Aug 2003
Lange Philipp S, Er Fikret, Gassanov Natig, Hoppe Uta C
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OBJECTIVE: The Andersen's syndrome is a hereditary disease, which is characterized by cardiac arrhythmias, periodic paralysis and dysmorphic features. Recently, mutations of the KCNJ2 gene, which encodes the inward rectifying potassium channel subunit Kir2.1, have been identified in affected indi...
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