The large conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channel (pSlo) of the cockroach Periplaneta americana: Structure, localization in neurons and electrophysiology

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1197-1212

  Derst, C ^a,b   Messutat, S ^b   Walther, C ^a   Eckert, M ^c   Heinemann, S H ^c   Wicher, D ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Saxon Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

BK channel; Charybdotoxin; Insect; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IBERIOTOXIN; RNA; TAURINE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM; NEUROTOXIN; PEPTIDE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPLANETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPOLARIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GANGLION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA; GENE LIBRARY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; PERIPLANETA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAURINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037365386     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02550.x     Document Type: Article

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