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A mutation in telethonin alters Nav1.5 function.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 Jun 2008
Mazzone Amelia, Strege Peter R, Tester David J, Bernard Cheryl E, Faulkner Georgine, De Giorgio Roberto, Makielski Jonathan C, Stanghellini Vincenzo, Gibbons Simon J, Ackerman Michael J, Farrugia Gianrico
Abstract excerpt
Excitable cells express a variety of ion channels that allow rapid exchange of ions with the extracellular space. Opening of Na(+) channels in excitable cells results in influx of Na(+) and cellular depolarization. The function of Na(v)1.5, an Na(+) channel expressed in the heart, brain, and gast...
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