Role of calcium permeation in dihydropyridine receptor function insights into channel gating and excitation-contraction coupling

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 393-403

  Dirksen, Robert T ^a   Beam, Kurt G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium transients; Charge movement; Ion channel; Skeletal muscle; Voltage dependant calcium channels

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDROPYRIDINE RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUSCLE SPINDLE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICROTUBULES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 0032888515     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.114.3.393     Document Type: Article

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