Electrophysiology clarifies the megariddles of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1997-2004

  Zoratti, Mario ^a,b   De Marchi, Umberto ^c   Biasutto, Lucia ^b   Szabò, Ildikò ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Mitochondrial megachannel; Mitochondrial protein import; Patch clamp; Permeability transition pore; Tim23

Indexed keywords

ATRACTYLOSIDE; CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOPHILIN D; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE;

CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CHANNEL GATING; HEART MITOCHONDRION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 77952675154     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.01.012     Document Type: Review

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