title: Structure and regulation of the MinK potassium channel.
abstract: MinK is a novel protein which induces an extremely slowly activating potassium channel when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. We discuss the properties and regulation of the current and localization and possible physiological roles of the MinK protein.
authors.affiliation: Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry*; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; C059983:potassium channel protein I(sk)