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Perturbation of sodium channel structure by an inherited Long QT Syndrome mutation.
Nature communications - 28 Feb 2012
Glaaser Ian W, Osteen Jeremiah D, Puckerin Akil, Sampson Kevin J, Jin Xiangshu, Kass Robert S
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel (Na(V)1.5) underlies impulse conduction in the heart, and its depolarization-induced inactivation is essential in control of the duration of the QT interval of the electrocardiogram. Perturbation of Na(V)1.5 inactivation by drugs or inherited mutation can underlie and trigger cardiac arrhythmias. The carboxy terminus has an important role in channel inactivation, but...
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