AFM imaging reveals the tetrameric structure of the TRPC1 channel

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 358, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1086-1090

  Barrera, Nelson P ^a   Shaifta, Yasin ^b   McFadzean, Ian ^b   Ward, Jeremy P T ^b   Henderson, Robert M ^a   Edwardson, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Channel assembly; Subunit stoichiometry; Transient receptor potential channels

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; TETRAMER; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL C; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL C1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY;

DIMERIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRPC CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 34249705143     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.05.039     Document Type: Article

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