TWIK-1 Two-Pore Domain Potassium Channels Change Ion Selectivity and Conduct Inward Leak Sodium Currents in Hypokalemia

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  TWIK-1 Two-Pore Domain Potassium Channels Change Ion Selectivity and Conduct Inward Leak Sodium Currents in Hypokalemia

  By Liqun Ma, Xuexin Zhang, Haijun Chen

  Science Signaling07 Jun 2011 : ra37

  Very low extracellular K⁺ concentrations, which can trigger cardiac arrhythmias, cause TWIK-1 potassium channels to become permeable to Na⁺.

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  TWIK-1 Two-Pore Domain Potassium Channels Change Ion Selectivity and Conduct Inward Leak Sodium Currents in Hypokalemia

  By Liqun Ma, Xuexin Zhang, Haijun Chen

  Science Signaling07 Jun 2011 : ra37

  Very low extracellular K⁺ concentrations, which can trigger cardiac arrhythmias, cause TWIK-1 potassium channels to become permeable to Na⁺.

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