The large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel is essential for innate immunity

Jatinder Ahluwalia; Andrew Tinker; Lucie H. Clapp; Michael R. Duchen; Andrey Y. Abramov; Simon Pope; Muriel Nobles; Anthony W. Segal

doi:10.1038/nature02356

Keywords

NADPH oxidaseChemistryIberiotoxinInnate immune systemBK channelCell biologyDepolarizationReactive oxygen speciesBiophysicsBiochemistryBiologyPotassium channelMembrane potentialReceptor

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Year: 2004
Type: article
Volume: 427
Issue: 6977
Pages: 853-858
Citations: 201
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                                    Jatinder Ahluwalia, 
                                
                                    Andrew Tinker, 
                                
                                    Lucie H. Clapp
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2004). 
                            The large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel is essential for innate immunity. 
                            Nature
                            , 427
                            (6977)
                            , 853-858.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02356
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature02356