Channel "selectivity" and evolution. Has evolutionary pressure and natural selection provided the ATP sensitive potassium channel in the myocardium as an endogenous protection against ischaemic heart disease?
Shattock
M J
MJ
Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000235:genetics*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D012641:Selection, Genetic
D015221:Potassium Channels