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A dual mechanism for I(Ks) current reduction by the pathogenic mutation KCNQ1-S277L.
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE - 1 Dec 2011
Chen Jerri, Weber Michael, Um Sung Yon, Walsh Christine A, Tang Yingying, McDonald Thomas V
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BACKGROUND: The hereditary long QT syndrome is characterized by prolonged ventricular repolarization that can be caused by mutations to the KCNQ1 gene, which encodes the α subunits of the cardiac potassium channel complex that carries the I(Ks) current (the β subunits are encoded by KCNE1). In th...
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