Chemicals and Drugs

Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels

A group of slow opening and closing voltage-gated potassium channels. Because of their delayed activation kinetics they play an important role in controlling ACTION POTENTIAL duration.

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A group of slow opening and closing voltage-gated potassium channels. Because of their delayed activation kinetics they play an important role in controlling ACTION POTENTIAL duration.

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  • Delayed Rectifying Potassium Channels

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2006(1994)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051668. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051668
  2. Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74805630