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Journal articles
2009, 'Not all hERG pore domain mutations have a severe phenotype: G584S has an inactivation gating defect with mild phenotype compared to G572S, which has a dominant negative trafficking defect and a severe phenotype', Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 20, pp. 923 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01468.x
,2009, 'Structure of the pore-helix of the hERG K(+) channel', European Biophysics Journal, 39, pp. 111 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-009-0433-1
,2009, 'The pore domain outer helix contributes to both activation and inactivation of the hERG K+ channel', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284, pp. 1000 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M806400200
,2008, 'Drug Binding to the Inactivated State Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for High-Affinity Binding to Human Ether-a-go-go-Related Gene Channels', Molecular Pharmacology, 74, pp. 1443 - 1452
,2008, 'Human ether-a-go-go related gene (hERG) K+ channels: Function and dysfunction', Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 98, pp. 137 - 148
,2008, 'Substrate specificity of platypus venom L-to-D-peptide isomerase', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283, pp. 8969 - 8975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M709762200
,2008, 'The M1P1 loop of TASK3 K2P channels apposes the selectivity filter and influences channel function', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283, pp. 16985 - 16992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M801368200
,2007, 'Atrial Fibrillation-A New Cardiac Channelopathy', Heart Lung and Circulation, 16, pp. 356 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.07.003
,2007, 'Genes and atrial fibrillation - A new look at an old problem', Circulation, 116, pp. 782 - 792
,2007, 'Mechanism of block of the hERG K+ channel by the scorpion toxin CnErg1', Biophysical Journal, 92, pp. 3915 - 3929
,2007, 'Mechanisms of block of the hERG K+ channel by the scorpion toxin CnErg1', Biophysical Journal, pp. 124A - 124A
,2007, 'Molecular dynamics and continuum electrostatics studies of inactivation in the HERG potassium channel', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, pp. 1090 - 1098
,2007, 'Stretch-sensitive KCNQ1 mutation - A link between genetic and environmental factors in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation?', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 49, pp. 578 - 586
,2007, 'The S631A mutation causes a mechanistic switch in the block of hERG channels by CnErgl', Biophysical Journal, 93, pp. 32 - 34
,2006, 'Effect of S5P alpha-helix charge mutants on inactivation of hERG K+ channels', The Journal of Physiology, 573, pp. 291 - 304
,2006, 'Temperature dependence of human ether-a-go-go-related gene K+ currents', American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 291, pp. C165 - C175
,2005, 'Ion channelopathies: What have they taught us about arrhythmias and anti-arrhythmic therapy', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 32, pp. 595 - 595
,2005, 'Sinus node dysfunction following targeted disruption of the murine cardiac sodium channel gene Scn5a', The Journal of Physiology, 567, pp. 387 - 400
,2005, 'Tryptophan scanning mutagenesis of the HERG K+ channel: the S4 domain is loosely packed and likely to be lipid exposed', The Journal of Physiology, 569, pp. 367 - 379
,2004, 'Erratum: The HERG K+ channel: Progress in understanding the molecular basis of its unusual gating kinetics (European Biophysics Journal (2004) 33 (89-97))', European Biophysics Journal, 33, pp. 468
,2004, 'The HERG K+ channel: progress in understanding the molecular basis of its unusual gating kinetics (vol 33, pg 89, 2004)', EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, 33, pp. 468 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-004-0419-y
,2004, 'The HERG K+ channel: Progress in understanding the molecular basis of its unusual gating kinetics', European Biophysics Journal, 33, pp. 89 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-003-0338-3
,2004, 'Cardiac expression of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductanceregulator involves novel Exon 1 usage to produce a uniqueamino-terminal protein', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, pp. 15877 - 15887
,2004, 'Cortisol influences the ontogeny of both alpha- and beta-subunits ofthe cardiac sodium channel in fetal sheep', Journal of Endocrinology, 180, pp. 449 - 455
,2004, 'Inherited cardiac arrhythmia syndromes: What have they taught us aboutarrhythmias and anti-arrhythmic therapy?', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 31, pp. 906 - 912
,2004, 'Molecular basis of slow activation of the human ether-a-go-go relatedgene potassium channel', The Journal of Physiology, 558, pp. 417 - 431
,2004, 'Post-transcriptional regulation of the cystic fibrosis gene in cardiac development and hypertrophy', Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 319, pp. 410 - 418, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WBK-4CDHG1F-6/2/558a466d4fddc279cf3c1ab516bf5708
,2004, 'Sensitivity limits for voltage control of P2Y receptor-evoked Ca2+mobilization in the rat megakaryocyte', The Journal of Physiology, 555, pp. 61 - 70
,2004, 'The HERGK+ channel: Progress in understanding the molecular basis of its unusual gating kinetics.', European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters, 33, pp. 80 - 97
,2003, 'Electrogram prolongation and nifedipine-suppressible ventricular arrhythmias following targeted disruption of KCNE1', Journal of Physiology - Paris, 552, pp. 535 - 546
,2003, 'Extracellular acidosis modulates drug block of Kv4.3 currents by flecainide and quinidine', Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 14, pp. 641 - 650
,2003, 'Mutant MiRP1 subunits modulate HERG K+ channel gating: A mechanism for pro-arrhythmia in Long QT Syndrome type 6', Journal of Physiology - Paris, 551, pp. 253 - 262
,2003, 'Nobel Prizes for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Channel Proteins', Medical Journal of Australia, 179, pp. 611 - 613
,2003, 'Solution structure of CnErg1 (Ergtoxin), a HERG specific scorpion toxin', FEBS Letters, 539, pp. 138 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00216-3
,2003, 'Structure of the HERGK+ channel S5P extracellulal linker: Role of an amphipathic a-helix in C-type inactivation.', Journal of Biochemistry, 278, pp. 42136 - 42148
,2002, 'Lentiviral vectors for delivery of genes into neonatal and adult ventricular cardiac myocytes in vitro and in vivo', Basic Research in Cardiology, 97, pp. 348 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00395-002-0360-0
,2002, 'Slowed conduction and ventricular tachycardia after targeted disruption of the cardiac sodium channel gene Scn5a', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99, pp. 6210 - 6215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.082121299
,2001, 'Effects of premature stimulation on HERG K+ channels', The Journal of Physiology, 537, pp. 843 - 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012690
,2001, 'Effects of premature stimulation on HERG K+ channels', Journal of Physiology, 537, pp. 843 - 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012690
,2001, 'The sodium channel β-subunits SCN3b modulates the kinetics of SCN5a and is expressed heterogeneously in sheep heart', Journal of Physiology, 537, pp. 693 - 700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012691
,2001, 'Normal conduction of surface action potentials in detubulated amphibian skeletal muscle fibres.', The Journal of Physiology, 535, pp. 579 - 590
,2001, 'Normal conduction of surface action potentials in detubulated amphibian skeletal muscle fibres.', J Physiol, 535, pp. 579 - 590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.t01-1-00579.x
,2001, 'HERG K+ channels: Friend and foe', Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 22, pp. 240 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01662-X
,2001, 'The effect of Mg2+ on cardiac muscle function: Is CaATP the substrate for priming myofibril cross-bridge formation and Ca2+ reuptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum?', Biochemical Journal, 354, pp. 539 - 551, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/0264-6021:3540539
,2000, 'Loss of the normal epicardial to endocardial gradient of cftr mRNA expression in the hypertrophied rabbit left ventricle', Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 278, pp. 144 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.2000.3754
,2000, 'Ion channels - A plethora of pharmaceutical targets', Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 21, pp. 409 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01558-3
,2000, 'The effect of heptanol on the electrical and contractile function of the isolated, perfused rabbit heart', Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology, 440, pp. 275 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004240051049
,2000, 'Developmental regulation of the gradient of cftr expression in the rabbit heart', Mechanisms of Development, 94, pp. 195 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00312-9
,2000, 'Ca2+ buffering in the heart: Ca2+ binding to and activation of cardiac myofibrils', Biochemical Journal, 346, pp. 393 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/0264-6021:3460393
,2000, 'Estimation of systolic and diastolic free intracellular Ca2+ by titration of Ca2+ buffering in the ferret heart', Biochemical Journal, 346, pp. 385 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/0264-6021:3460385
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