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
1988
Open channel noise. IV. Estimation of rapid kinetics of formamide block in gramicidin A channels
Heinemann S, Sigworth F. Open channel noise. IV. Estimation of rapid kinetics of formamide block in gramicidin A channels. Biophysical Journal 1988, 54: 757-764. PMID: 2465033, PMCID: PMC1330382, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(88)83013-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiological ion channelsGramicidin A channelsTime resolutionCurrent histogramFast time scaleOpen channel noiseCharacteristic timeNoise measurementsSingle-channel experimentsNoise experimentsDirect measurementTime scalesA channelsSpectral densityBandwidth limitationsCurrentTheoretical approachMeasurementsIon channelsBlocking processChannelsSingle-channel recordingsSingle-channel currentsNoiseDependence
1987
Genetic Reconstitution of Functional Acetylcholine Receptor Channels in Mouse Fibroblasts
Claudio T, Green W, Hartman D, Hayden D, Paulson H, Sigworth F, Sine S, Swedlund A. Genetic Reconstitution of Functional Acetylcholine Receptor Channels in Mouse Fibroblasts. Science 1987, 238: 1688-1694. PMID: 3686008, DOI: 10.1126/science.3686008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpression systemDNA-mediated gene transfer techniquesMouse fibroblast cellsDNA-mediated gene transferLigand-gated ion channelsCell surface AChRsNew expression systemFibroblast cellsTorpedo AChRClonal cell linesGene transfer techniquesForeign genesGene productsGenetic reconstitutionRecombinant DNACellular componentsTorpedo acetylcholine receptorComplementary DNASurface AChRsAcetylcholine receptor channelsFunctional consequencesGene transferIon channelsHomogenous cellsMouse fibroblasts