Chemicals and Drugs

Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels

Voltage-gated potassium channels whose primary subunits contain six transmembrane segments and form tetramers to create a pore with a voltage sensor. They are related to their founding member, shaker protein, Drosophila.

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Voltage-gated potassium channels whose primary subunits contain six transmembrane segments and form tetramers to create a pore with a voltage sensor. They are related to their founding member, shaker protein, Drosophila.

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  • Kv1 Potassium Channels
  • Shaker 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. Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051637. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051637
  2. Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76390740