Modulation of proton-induced current fluctuations in the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channel

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1768, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-89

  Danelon, Christophe ^a   Grandl, Jörg ^a   Hovius, Ruud ^a   Vogel, Horst ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Current fluctuation; Ion channel gating; Ionizable site; Noise analysis; Slow channel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; EPIBATIDINE; ION CHANNEL; LYSINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR DELTA; PROTON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LYSINE; MARKOV CHAINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTONS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TORPEDO; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33845382476     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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