Pumps, Transporters, And Ion Channels Studies On Their Structure, Function, And Cell Biology

CHANNELS AND PUMPS EARLY IN EVOLUTION - INTRODUCTION - ION CHANNELS IN BACTERIA - ANIMAL CELLS - CONCLUSIONS - REFERENCES - THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF AQUAPORIN 0 IN LENS PHYSIOLOGY - INTRODUCTION - REGULATION OF WATER PERMEABILITY AND THE LENS - SINGLE-MOLECULE WATER PERMEABILITY OF AQP0 AND AQP1 - REGULATION OF AQP0 WATER PERMEABILITY -CONCLUSIONS - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCES - CENTRAL ROLE OF THE Ca2+i REGULATORY SITE IN IONIC AND METABOLIC MODULATION OF Na+/Ca2+ EXCHANGER IN DIALYZED SQUID AXONS - INTRODUCTION - METHODS - RESULTS AND DISCUSSION - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCES - CALCIUM DEPENDENCE OF CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNELS (RYANODINE RECEPTORS) FROM SKELETAL AND CARDIAC MUSCLE - INTRODUCTION - METHODS - RESULTS AND DISCUSSION - CONCLUSIONS - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCES - MODULATION OF RYANODIN RECEPTOR CHANNELS FROM RAT BRAIN CORTEX IN LIPID BILAYERS - INTRODUCTION - MATERIALS AND METHODS - RESULTS AND DISCUSSION - CONCLUSIONS - ACKNOWLEDGMENT - REFERENCES - EXOCYTIC PATHWAY CHECK POINTS FOR FUNCTIONAL POTASSIUM CHANNELS IN THE PLASMA MEMBRANE - INTRODUCTION - THE EXOCYTIC PATHWAY - POTASSIUM CHANNELS AS SUBSTRATES OF THE EXOCYTIC PATHWAY - CONCLUDING REMARKS - REFERENCES - C-TERMINI REGION SHARED BY ß2A, ß1B, AND ß3 SUBUNITS CONFER PREPULSE FACILITAION TO CARDIAC CALCIUM CHANNELS - INTRODUCTION - METHODS - RESULTS - DISCUSSION - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCES - DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF Ca CHANNELS AND SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN NORMAL AND ATAXIC KNOCK-OUT MICE - INTRODUCTION - MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF VDCC - CALCIUM CHANNELOPATHIES - CALCIUM CHANNELS AND NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE AT THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION - CONCLUSIONS - REFERENCES - INVESTIGATING THE MODULAR BASIS OF BK CHANNEL ACTIVATIN BY CALCIUM - INTRODUCTION - PROGRESS TOWARD BK(CA) CHANNEL STRUCTURE - PROGRESS TOWARD BK(CA) CHANNEL FUNCTION - REFERENCES - HELICAL NATURE OF THE VOLTAGE SENSOR - INTRODUCTION - SHAKER CHANNEL WORKS WITH S3-S4 SEGMENT DELETED - RESTORING THE S3-S4 LINKER FIVES CONFUSING RESULTS - UNDERSTANDING THESE RESULTS - CONCLUSIONS - REFERENCES - PEPTIDE TOXINS AS CONFORMATIONAL PROBES FOR K-CHANNELS - INTRODUCTION - PORE-SPECIFIC TOXINS FOR POTASSIUM CHANNELS - PEPTIDE TOXINS BIND TO OPEN AND CLOSED CHANNELS - POSSIBLE ORIGINS FOR THE CLOSED-OPEN STATE DEPENDENCY - TOXINS BLOCK C-NACTIVATED AND CLOSED CHANNELS EQUALLY - CONCLUDING REMARKS - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCES - MOLECULAR PARTICIPANTS IN VOLTAGE-DEPENDANT GATING - INTRODUCTION - RESULTS - CONCLUSIONS - REFERENCES - CA2+ DYNAMICS AT NERVE-TERMINAL ACTIVE ZONES MONITORED BY ENDOGENOUS KCA CHANNELS - INTRODUCTION - METHODS - RESULTS - DISCUSSION - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCES - FINE TUNING OF EXCITABILITY BY KCA CHANNELS IN MUDPUPPY PARASYMPATHETIC NEURONS - INTRODUCTION - RESULTS - CONCLUDING REMARKS - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCES - TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE SPARK: OUT OF TUNE POTASSIUM CHANNELS - INTRODUCTION - RESULTS - CONCLUDING REMARKS - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCES - A CLC-2-LIKE CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE IN DROSOPHILA PHOTORECEPTORS - INTRODUCTION - OVERVIEW OF CIC CHANNELS WITH EMPHASIS ON CIC-2 - RESULTS - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - REFERENCESSepúlveda, F. V. is the author of 'Pumps, Transporters, And Ion Channels Studies On Their Structure, Function, And Cell Biology', published 2005 under ISBN 9780306486593 and ISBN 0306486598.