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Electrogram prolongation and nifedipine-suppressible ventricular arrhythmias in mice following targeted disruption of KCNE1.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Oct 2003
Balasubramaniam Richard, Grace Andrew A, Saumarez Richard C, Vandenberg Jamie I, Huang Christopher L-H
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in KCNE1, the gene encoding the beta subunit of the slowly activating delayed rectifier potassium current (IKs) channel protein, may lead to the long QT syndrome (LQTS), a condition associated with enhanced arrhythmogenesis. Mice with homozygous deletion of the coding sequence of KCNE1 have inner ear defects strikingly similar to those seen in the corresponding human condition. The present study...
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