A Co-operative regulation of neuronal excitability by UNC-7 innexin and NCA/NALCN leak channel

Molecular Brain

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bouhours, Magali ^a   Po, Michelle D ^a,b   Gao, Shangbang ^a   Hung, Wesley ^a   Li, Hang ^a   Georgiou, John ^a   Roder, John C ^a,b   Zhen, Mei ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNC 7 INNEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDICARB; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNC 7 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-7 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL JUNCTION; DOMINANT GENE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ALDICARB; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENES, DOMINANT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79953851820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6606-4-16     Document Type: Article

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