TAPIA RAMÍREZ , José

The type II voltage-dependent sodium chan- nel is present in neuronal cells, where it mediates the prop- agationofnerveimpulses.RestrictedexpressionofthetypeII sodium channel gene to neurons is due, at least in part, to binding of the repressor protein REST (also termed NRSF or XBR) to the RE1 (also called NRSE) sequence in the type II sodium...