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Cardiac Kir2.1 and Na <sub>V</sub> 1.5 Channels Traffic Together to the Sarcolemma to Control Excitability

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2018

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The Na<sub>V</sub>1.5-Kir2.1 macromolecular complex pre-assembles early in the forward trafficking pathway. Therefore, disruption of Kir2.1 trafficking in cardiomyocytes affects trafficking of Na<sub>V</sub>1.5, which may have important implications in the mechanisms of arrhythmias in inheritable cardiac diseases.

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