International Union of Pharmacology: Approaches to the Nomenclature of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

William A. Catterall; K. George Chandy; David E. Clapham; George A. Gutman; Florian Hofmann; Anthony J. Harmar; D. R. Abernethy; Michael Spedding

doi:10.1124/pr.55.4.5

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PharmacologyIon channelClinical pharmacologyChemistryNeuroscienceMedicineBiologyReceptorBiochemistry

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Year: 2003
Type: review
Volume: 55
Issue: 4
Pages: 573-574
Citations: 7147
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                                    William A. Catterall, 
                                
                                    K. George Chandy, 
                                
                                    David E. Clapham
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            International Union of Pharmacology: Approaches to the Nomenclature of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels. 
                            Pharmacological Reviews
                            , 55
                            (4)
                            , 573-574.
                            https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.55.4.5
                        

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DOI: 10.1124/pr.55.4.5