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SCN5A and sinoatrial node pacemaker function.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Jun 2007
Lei Ming, Zhang Henggui, Grace Andrew A, Huang Christopher L-H
Abstract excerpt
The SCN5A gene encodes specific voltage-dependent Na+ channels abundant in cardiac muscle that open and close at specific stages of cardiac activity in response to voltage change, thereby controlling the magnitude and timecourse of voltage-dependent Na+ currents (iNa) in cardiac muscle cells. Although iNa has been recorded from sinoatrial (SA) node pacemaker cells, its precise role in SA node pacemaker function...
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