Targeted Disruption of Kir2.1 and Kir2.2 Genes Reveals the Essential Role of the Inwardly Rectifying K + Current in K + -Mediated Vasodilation
- 21 July 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 87 (2) , 160-166
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.87.2.160
Abstract
—The molecular bases of inwardly rectifying K+ (Kir) currents and K+-induced dilations were examined in cerebral arteries of mice that lack the Kir2.1 and Kir2.2 genes. The complete absence...Keywords
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