La expresión libre de células de los canales de potasio Shaker funcionales

R L Rosenberg1, J E East

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.

Nature
|November 12, 1992
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron un sistema libre de células para sintetizar y estudiar los canales iónicos funcionales, superando las limitaciones de los métodos tradicionales utilizando ovocitos de Xenopus. Este nuevo método permite un control preciso de la expresión de proteínas y el entorno lipídico para la investigación de canales iónicos.

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