2013
Real Time Measures of Prestin Charge and Fluorescence during Plasma Membrane Trafficking Reveal Sub-Tetrameric Activity
Bian S, Navaratnam D, Santos-Sacchi J. Real Time Measures of Prestin Charge and Fluorescence during Plasma Membrane Trafficking Reveal Sub-Tetrameric Activity. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e66078. PMID: 23762468, PMCID: PMC3677934, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObligate tetramerPlasma membraneMembrane motor proteinIntegral membrane proteinsTetracycline-inducible cell lineMembrane proteinsMotor proteinsPrestin densityTemperature blockPrestinFluorescence measuresMembrane fluorescenceCell linesNonlinear capacitanceCochlear amplificationProteinTetramerMembraneFluorescencePrevious observationsVoltage clampFluorescence methodCellsAmplification
2012
Expression, Purification and Functional Reconstitution of Slack Sodium-Activated Potassium Channels
Yan Y, Yang Y, Bian S, Sigworth FJ. Expression, Purification and Functional Reconstitution of Slack Sodium-Activated Potassium Channels. The Journal Of Membrane Biology 2012, 245: 667-674. PMID: 22729647, PMCID: PMC3903048, DOI: 10.1007/s00232-012-9425-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPotassium channel activityΑ-subunitPotassium channel α-subunitChannel activityGene codesFunctional reconstitutionMembrane vesiclesChannel familyCell typesPlanar bilayer membranesPotassium channelsBilayer membranesExpressionReconstitutionPurificationProteinVesiclesMembraneActivityFamilySodium ions