The anion-selective pore of the bestrophins, a family of chloride channels associated with retinal degeneration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5411-5419

  Qu, Zhiqiang ^a   Chien, Li Ting ^a   Cui, Yuanyuan ^a   Hartzell, H Criss ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion channel; Bestrophin; Chloride channel; Ion channel; Macular degeneration; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANION; CATION; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN BESTROPHIN 1; PROTEIN BESTROPHIN 2; PROTEIN MBEST2; PROTEIN TMD2; THIOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORIDE; EYE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VMD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION PERMEABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RETINA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; CELL LINE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHLORIDES; CYSTEINE; EYE PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 33744966864     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5500-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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