1996
Impaired slow inactivation in mutant sodium channels
Cummins T, Sigworth F. Impaired slow inactivation in mutant sodium channels. Biophysical Journal 1996, 71: 227-236. PMID: 8804606, PMCID: PMC1233474, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(96)79219-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat skeletal muscle channelsSodium currentProlonged depolarizationSlow inactivationPersistent sodium currentMaximal sodium currentSkeletal muscle channelsMuscle paralysisSkeletal muscle fibersMutant sodium channelsSustained currentHyperkalemic periodic paralysisM mutationPeriodic paralysisSodium channelsMuscle channelsMuscle fibersParalysisFast inactivationWild-type channelsMutant channelsDepolarization
1994
Voltage gating of ion channels
Sigworth F. Voltage gating of ion channels. Quarterly Reviews Of Biophysics 1994, 27: 1-40. PMID: 7520590, DOI: 10.1017/s0033583500002894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoltage-gated calcium channelsNerve action potentialsVoltage-gated sodium channelsRelease of hormonesIon channelsVoltage-gated ion channelsCalcium channelsAction potentialsNeurotransmitter releaseMuscle contractionSodium channelsMembrane proteinsCellular signalsVoltage gatingCentral roleHormoneRelease
1989
Purified, modified eel sodium channels are active in planar bilayers in the absence of activating neurotoxins.
Shenkel S, Cooper E, James W, Agnew W, Sigworth F. Purified, modified eel sodium channels are active in planar bilayers in the absence of activating neurotoxins. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1989, 86: 9592-9596. PMID: 2556720, PMCID: PMC298544, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.23.9592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary structure and functional expression of a mammalian skeletal muscle sodium channel
Trimmer J, Cooperman S, Tomiko S, Zhou J, Crean S, Boyle M, Kalen R, Sheng Z, Barchi R, Sigworth F, Goodman R, Agnew W, Mandel G. Primary structure and functional expression of a mammalian skeletal muscle sodium channel. Neuron 1989, 3: 33-49. PMID: 2559760, DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(89)90113-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha subunitHomologous domains IAmino acid segmentSodium channelsSkeletal muscle sodium channelsNorthern blot analysisSkeletal muscleMuscle sodium channelsVoltage-sensitive sodium channelsPrimary structureFunctional expressionDomain IAcid segmentNative channelsSynthetic RNAXenopus oocytesRat muscle fibersBlot analysisRat skeletal muscleEel electroplaxRat brainSubunitsMuscle fibersMuscleCDNA