KCNJ8
Potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 8, also known as KCNJ8, is a human gene encoding the Kir6.1 protein. A mutation in KCNJ8 has been associated with cardiac arrest in the early repolarization syndrome.
Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. Kir6.1 is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. Kir6.1, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, is controlled by G-proteins.
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Car 54
by: Suburban LegendsSometimes when I'm alone I always get this way,
I just think about how everyone is lame.
Jealousy and greed run rampant every day,
I think I'll forget this stuff, I'll go and run away.
Gohan
Where are you?
Gohan
Where are you?
Just run away.
What really gets to me is this mass stupidity,
Oh well I forgot I live in the land of the free.
Just remember not to hate nor to turn to apathy,
Than maybe we can change this really messed up society.
Gohan
Where are you?
Gohan
Where are you?
Just run away.
Every night around eight thirty my parents yell at me,
They say I'm stupid 'cause I watch my MTV.
When I looked in the miror I swear I saw someone else,
So I cut my hair, got a job and joined a really cool band.
Gohan
Where are you?
Gohan
Where are you?
Just run away.