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A trapped intracellular cation modulates K+ channel recovery from slow inactivation.
The Journal of general physiology - 1 Aug 2006
Ray Evan C, Deutsch Carol
Abstract excerpt
Upon depolarization, many voltage-gated potassium channels undergo a time-dependent decrease in conductance known as inactivation. Both entry of channels into an inactivated state and recovery from this state govern cellular excitability. In this study, we show that recovery from slow inactivation is regulated by intracellular permeant cations. When inactivated channels are hyperpolarized, closure of the...
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