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Effects of III-IV linker mutations on human heart Na+ channel inactivation gating.
Circulation research - 1 Jul 1994
Hartmann H A, Tiedeman A A, Chen S F, Brown A M, Kirsch G E
Abstract excerpt
Na+ channel inactivation, a critical determinant of refractoriness, differs in cardiomyocytes and neurons. In rat brain type IIa (rB2a) Na+ channels, a critical residue in the cytoplasmic linker between domains III and IV regulates fast inactivation such that a Phe-->Gln substitution (F1489Q) inhibits inactivation by at least 85%. Since this residue is conserved in voltage-gated Na+ channels, we tested whether...
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