Pumps, Transporters, and Ion Channels: Studies on Their Structure, Function, and Cell Biology (Hardcover)

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) CHANNELFUNCTION ? 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 - REFERENCES