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KCNQ2 Potassium Channel

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Definition: A very slow opening and closing voltage-gated potassium channel that is expressed in NEURONS and is commonly mutated in BENIGN FAMILIAL NEONATAL CONVULSIONS.      Other names Potassium Channel, KCNQ2; Voltage-Gated K+ Channel KCNQ2; Kv7.2 Potassium Channel; KCNQ2 Protein; Voltage Gated K+ Channel KCNQ2; Potassium Channel, Kv7.2
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
Kcnq2 protein, rat  0   *KCNQ2 Potassium Channel.
KCNQ2 protein, human  0   *KCNQ2 Potassium Channel.
Kcnq2 protein, mouse  0   *Nerve Tissue Proteins *KCNQ2 Potassium Channel. Receptors Channels 1998;5(5):255-71

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