Bacterial voltage-gated sodium channels (BacNaVs) from the soil, sea, and salt lakes enlighten molecular mechanisms of electrical signaling and pharmacology in the brain and heart

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 427, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-30

  Payandeh, Jian ^a   Minor, Daniel L ^b,c  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

channel gating; channel pharmacology; ion permeation; structural biology; voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; SOIL;

ARCHITECTURE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FENESTRATION; HEART; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCE; REVIEW; SALT LAKE; SEA; SOIL; VESTIBULE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART; LAKES; SOIL; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84919625974     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.08.010     Document Type: Review

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