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Dysfunctional potassium channel subunit interaction as a novel mechanism of long QT syndrome.
Heart rhythm - 1 May 2013
Hoosien Michael, Ahearn Mary Ellen, Myerburg Robert J, Pham Thai V, Miller Todd E, Smets Marcel J, Baumbach-Reardon Lisa, Young Ming-Lon, Farooq Amjad, Bishopric Nanette H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The slowly-activating delayed rectifier current IKs contributes to repolarization of the cardiac action potential, and is composed of a pore-forming α-subunit, KCNQ1, and a modulatory β-subunit, KCNE1. Mutations in either subunit can cause long QT syndrome, a potentially fatal arrhythmic disorder. How KCNE1 exerts its extensive control over the kinetics of IKs remains unresolved OBJECTIVE: To evaluate...
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