Calcium-impermeable monovalent cation channels: A TRP connection?

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-7

  Nilius, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ca 2+ paradox; Ca 2+ signalling; Non selective cation channels; Store operated Ca 2+ entry; TRP channels

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION CHANNEL; MAGNESIUM; MONOVALENT CATION; PROTEIN TRP; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS;

EID: 0037275532     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705073     Document Type: Note

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