Molecular structure and pathophysiological roles of the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1863, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2457-2464

  Mammucari, Cristina ^a   Raffaello, Anna ^a   Vecellio Reane, Denis ^a   Rizzuto, Rosario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac muscle; Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter; Mitochondrial calcium uptake; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARRIER PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL CALCIUM UNIPORTER 1; MITOCHONDRIAL CALCIUM UNIPORTER 2; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; MICU1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MITOCHONDRIAL CALCIUM UNIPORTER; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHANNEL GATING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; HEART MITOCHONDRION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE MODEL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPERFUSION INJURY; STRIATED MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; ION TRANSPORT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MUSCLE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84961226150     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.03.006     Document Type: Article

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