Permeation of organic cations and ammonium through the glutamate receptor channel in Drosophila larval muscle

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-198

  Ciani, Sergio ^a   Nishikawa, Koh Ichi ^b   Kidokoro, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila larvae; Eyring's theory; Glutamate receptor channel; Ion permeation; One ion channel

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; CATION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; MEGLUMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ION CHANNELS; LARVA; MAGNESIUM; MEGLUMINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERMEABILITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SODIUM; TROMETHAMINE;

EID: 0030989949     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.47.189     Document Type: Article

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