Nomenclature of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

Eric A. Ertel; Kevin P. Campbell; Michael M. Harpold; Franz Hofmann; Yasuo Mori; Edward Perez‐Reyes; Arnold Schwartz; Terry P. Snutch; Tsutomu Tanabe; Lutz Birnbaumer; Richard W. Tsien; William A. Catterall

doi:10.1016/s0896-6273(00)81057-0

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NeuroscienceNomenclatureVoltage-dependent calcium channelCalcium channelVoltage-gated ion channelCalciumBiologyPsychologyCommunicationChemistryIon channelGeneticsReceptorZoologyTaxonomy (biology)

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Year: 2000
Type: letter
Volume: 25
Issue: 3
Pages: 533-535
Citations: 864
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                                    Eric A. Ertel, 
                                
                                    Kevin P. Campbell, 
                                
                                    Michael M. Harpold
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            Nomenclature of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels. 
                            Neuron
                            , 25
                            (3)
                            , 533-535.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0896-6273(00)81057-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)81057-0