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. 1988 Apr;427(2):187-91.
doi: 10.1016/0169-328x(88)90065-4.

Tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-dependent Na currents recorded from Xenopus oocytes injected with mammalian cardiac muscle RNA

F Sutton  1 , N Davidson, H A Lester
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Tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-dependent Na currents recorded from Xenopus oocytes injected with mammalian cardiac muscle RNA

F Sutton et al. Brain Res. 1988 Apr.

Abstract

Voltage-sensitive sodium (Na) channel currents recorded from mammalian cardiac muscle are blocked by tetrodotoxin (TTX) with a Kd of 1-3 microM. We have observed a Kd for TTX of 4-10 nM for Na currents recorded from Xenopus oocytes injected with RNA extracted from rabbit cardiac muscle. This result suggests that the degree of TTX sensitivity of Na channels encoded by cardiac muscle mRNA is in part determined by post-translational modification(s) or of associations with accessory proteins in the membrane.

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