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1: Gene. 1994 Dec 30;151(1-2):339-40.Links

Polymorphism of the gene encoding a human minimal potassium ion channel (minK).

Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642.

A gene (minK) that encodes a minimal potassium channel has been cloned recently. We describe in this paper a human minK sequence which differs from the original sequence with a single A-->G at position 112. This resulted in a change from a Ser codon (AGT) to a Gly codon (GGT) and created a new MspAI restriction site. Of the 32 alleles from 16 subjects studied, 25 had this newly discovered sequence and 7 had the previously described sequence.

PMID: 7828904 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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