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    Neuron. 2008 Jun 26;58(6):823-4.

    Thrilling moment of an inhibitory channel.

    Yang SB, Jan LY.

    Department of Physiology and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

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    Long thought to be potassium channels with calming influence quietly working away in the background, in this issue of Neuron, Thomas et al. demonstrate that K(2P)2.1 (TREK-1) channels have two endogenous isoforms due to a mechanism called alternative translation initiation (ATI). Hence, they can actually be excitable.

    PMID: 18579071 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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