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Comment
. 2023 Jul;601(13):2541-2542.
doi: 10.1113/JP284497. Epub 2023 Mar 24.

Caution: merging ion channel traffic ahead

Don E Burgess  1 , Brian P Delisle  1
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Caution: merging ion channel traffic ahead

Don E Burgess et al. J Physiol. 2023 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: action potential; arrhythmias; heart; ion channels; modelling; potassium current.

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Logarithmic of characteristic time for different ion channel protein processes and the human ventricular action potential.
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