Polarized axonal surface expression of neuronal KCNQ potassium channels is regulated by calmodulin interaction with KCNQ2 subunit

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Cavaretta, John P ^a   Sherer, Kaitlyn R ^a,b   Lee, Kwan Young ^a   Kim, Edward H ^a   Issema, Rodal S ^a   Chung, Hee Jung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ3; KCNQ2 PROTEIN, RAT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL CULTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; AXONS; CALMODULIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84905086014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103655     Document Type: Article

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