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KCNJ18 - potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 18

This gene encodes a member of the inwardly rectifying potassium channel family. Transcription of this locus is regulated by thyroid hormone, and the encoded protein plays a role in resting membrane potential maintenance. Mutations in this locus have been associated with thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2013]

NCBI Orthologs

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  • amniotes

2 genes for: amniotes (Amniota)