Glycoproteins bound to ion channels mediate detection of electric fields: A proposed mechanism and supporting evidence

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 379-385

  Kolomytkin, Oleg V ^a   Dunn, Sharon ^b   Hart, Francis X ^c   Frilot II, Clifton ^b   Kolomytkin, Dmitry ^d   Marino, Andrew A ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electroreceptor; Field transduction; Ion channel; Kryptopterus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APICAL MEMBRANES; CHANNEL GATES; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRORECEPTORS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING; FIELD TRANSDUCTION; ION CHANNEL; KRYPTOPTERI; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; SPECIALIZED CELLS;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRORECEPTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; KRYPTOPTERUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; KRYPTOPTERUS;

EID: 34250781647     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20310     Document Type: Article

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