Distribution and functional properties of human KCNH8 (Elk1) potassium channels.

@article{Zou2003DistributionAF,
 title={Distribution and functional properties of human KCNH8 (Elk1) potassium channels.},
 author={An-ruo Zou and Zhixin Lin and Margaret M. Humble and Christopher D. Creech and P. Kay Wagoner and Douglas S. Krafte and Timothy Jegla and Alan D. Wickenden},
 journal={American journal of physiology. Cell physiology},
 year={2003},
 volume={285 6},
 pages={
 C1356-66
 },
 url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:39591842}
}
  • A. Zou Zhixin Lin A. Wickenden
  • Published in American Journal of... 1 December 2003
  • Biology, Medicine
  • American journal of physiology. Cell physiology
Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of mRNA expression patterns showed that KCNH8, along with the other Elk family genes, KCNH3 and KCNH4, are primarily expressed in the human nervous system, and thatKCNH8 subunits are not able to form heteromultimers with Eag, Erg, or Kv family K+ channels.

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