Ca2+-activated Cl- current from human bestrophin-4 in excised membrane patches

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 749-754

  Tsunenari, Takashi ^a   Nathans, Jeremy ^a   Yau, King Wai ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESTROPHIN 4; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; EYE PROTEIN; VMD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HAMSTER; METHODOLOGY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33744470320     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609527     Document Type: Article

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