Patch clamp study of the UNC-105 degenerin and its interaction with LET-2 collagen in Caenorhabditis elegans muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 557, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 379-388

  Jospin, Maëlle ^a   Mariol, Marie Christine ^a   Segalat, Laurent ^a   Allard, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGENASE; DEGENERIN; ION CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRETCH RECEPTOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY WALL MUSCLE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL MUTANT; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; LET 2 GENE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; UNC 105 GENE;

AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; COLLAGENASES; DNA, HELMINTH; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 3042542926     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.057687     Document Type: Article

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