Concept information
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Membrane Transport Proteins
Ion Channels
Potassium Channels
Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated
Preferred term
Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
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)
In other languages
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Finnish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D051640
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