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Functional Knockout of the Transient Outward Current, Long-QT Syndrome, and Cardiac Remodeling in Mice Expressing a Dominant-Negative Kv4 α Subunit
7 Sept 1998
Abstract excerpt
A novel in vivo experimental strategy, involving cell type-specific expression of a dominant-negative K+ channel pore-forming alpha subunit, was developed and exploited to probe the molecular identity of the cardiac transient outward K+ current (I(to)). A point mutation (W to F) was introduced at position 362 in the pore region of Kv4.2 to produce a nonconducting mutant (Kv4.2W362F) subunit. Coexpression of...
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