Strong G-Protein-Mediated Inhibition of Sodium Channels

Glynis B Mattheisen1, Timur Tsintsadze1, Stephen M Smith1

  • 1Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA; Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR 97239, USA.

Cell Reports
|May 31, 2018
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