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Signaling in channel/enzyme multimers: ATPase transitions in SUR module gate ATP-sensitive K+ conductance

L V Zingman1, A E Alekseev, M Bienengraeber

  • 1Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

Neuron
|August 15, 2001
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