Mouse cortical collecting duct cells show nonselective cation channel activity and express a gene related to the cGMP-gated rod photoreceptor channel.
Ahmad I, Korbmacher C, Segal A, Cheung P, Boulpaep E, Barnstable C. Mouse cortical collecting duct cells show nonselective cation channel activity and express a gene related to the cGMP-gated rod photoreceptor channel. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 10262-10266. PMID: 1279673, PMCID: PMC50318, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.21.10262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceBlotting, NorthernCell LineCyclic GMPDNAIon Channel GatingIon ChannelsKidney CortexKidney Tubules, CollectingMembrane PotentialsMiceMolecular Sequence DataOligodeoxyribonucleotidesPhotoreceptor CellsPoly APolymerase Chain ReactionRatsRNARNA, MessengerSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidConceptsNonselective cation channelsPhotoreceptor channelDuct cellsCation channel probeCation channelsChannel activityPolymerase chain reactionNonselective cation channel activityCGMP decreaseCation channel activityChannel subunitsCytoplasmic applicationChain reactionRod photoreceptorsNorthern blot analysisRetinal cGMPBlot analysisCGMPRat kidney cDNA libraryChannel genesMiceSingle-channel conductanceOpen probabilityCellsCalcium removal