2005
Control of the CFTR channel's gates
Vergani P, Basso C, Mense M, Nairn A, Gadsby D. Control of the CFTR channel's gates. Biochemical Society Transactions 2005, 33: 1003-1007. DOI: 10.1042/bst0331003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChannel gateIon channelsProtein family membersNBD dimer interfaceAnion-selective poreEvolutionary conservationABC proteinsCFTR moleculesForm homodimersTransmembrane domainATP bindingHeterodimer interfaceDimer interfaceMolecular mechanismsTight dimerizationNBDATPSingle-channel recordingsResiduesFamily membersNBD1NBD2Cystic fibrosis patientsMutagenesisHomodimerControl of the CFTR channel's gates.
Vergani P, Basso C, Mense M, Nairn A, Gadsby D. Control of the CFTR channel's gates. Biochemical Society Transactions 2005, 33: 1003-7. PMID: 16246032, PMCID: PMC2728124, DOI: 10.1042/bst20051003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChannel gateIon channelsProtein family membersNBD dimer interfaceAnion-selective poreEvolutionary conservationABC proteinsCFTR moleculesForm homodimersTransmembrane domainATP bindingHeterodimer interfaceDimer interfaceMolecular mechanismsTight dimerizationNBDATPSingle-channel recordingsResiduesFamily membersNBD1NBD2Cystic fibrosis patientsMutagenesisHomodimer
1994
Subcellular localization of CFTR to endosomes in a ductal epithelium
Webster P, Vanacore L, Nairn A, Marino C. Subcellular localization of CFTR to endosomes in a ductal epithelium. American Journal Of Physiology 1994, 267: c340-c348. PMID: 7521124, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1994.267.2.c340.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell MembraneCystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorEndocytosisEpitheliumFluorescent Antibody TechniqueImmunohistochemistryMaleMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceOrganellesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, Cell SurfaceSubcellular FractionsSubmandibular GlandTissue DistributionConceptsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorPlasma membraneFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorApical plasma membraneAnti-CFTR antibodiesNormal epithelial cell populationsTransmembrane conductance regulatorCytochemical evidenceReceptor-mediated endocytosisCFTR moleculesEpithelial cell populationsCellular processesSubcellular compartmentsSubcellular localizationEarly endosomesMembrane recyclingConductance regulatorSubcellular distributionSubapical vesiclesApical poleEndosomesCFTR functionImmunoelectron microscopyCell populationsCFTR immunoreactivity