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Preferred term

Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Potassium Channels, SK
  • SK Potassium Channels

Scope note

  • A major class of calcium-activated potassium channels that are found primarily in excitable CELLS. They play important roles in the transmission of ACTION POTENTIALS and generate a long-lasting hyperpolarization known as the slow afterhyperpolarization.

History note

  • 2006(1996)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D051640

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