Subunit stoichiometry of heterologously expressed G-protein activated inwardly rectifying potassium channels analysed by fluorescence intensity ratio measurement

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 455, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1017-1024

  Grasser, E ^a   Steinecker, B ^a   Ahammer, H ^a   Schreibmayer, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

G protein; GIRK; Subunit stoichiometry; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL 1; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL 4; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OOCYTES; RNA; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 38649105536     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0358-4     Document Type: Article

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