title: Potassium channels. New channel subunits are a turn-off.
abstract: Recent discoveries indicate that potassium channel beta subunits can have profound functional roles, particularly in determining the channel inactivation properties.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, CA 94305.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Aldrich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005260:Female; D007700:Kinetics; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels