Contribution of sialic acid to the voltage dependence of sodium channel gating: A possible electrostatic mechanism

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-343

  Bennett, Eric ^a   Urcan, Mary S ^a   Tinkle, Sally S ^a   Koszowski, Adam G ^a   Levinson, Simon R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium effects; glycosylation; sodium channels; surface potential; voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIALYLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIALIC ACIDS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030933457     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.109.3.327     Document Type: Article

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