Single wall carbon nanotubes block ion passage in mechano-sensitive ion channels by interacting with extracellular domain

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-185

  Patel, Ashish ^a   Smita, Suchi ^b   Rahman, Qamar ^b   Gupta, Shailendra K ^c   Verma, Mukesh K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Mechanosensitive ion channel; Molecular interaction; Single wall carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICALS; EXTRACELLULAR DOMAINS; INHIBITION PROCESS; ION CHANNEL; ION-CHANNEL INHIBITORS; MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNELS; PHYSICAL STRESS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; IONS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ION EXCHANGE;

DOCKING PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNEL PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYERS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 79957748373     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2011.1260     Document Type: Article

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