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
2006
The calcium-sensitive large-conductance potassium channel (BK/MAXI K) is present in the inner mitochondrial membrane of rat brain
Douglas R, Lai J, Bian S, Cummins L, Moczydlowski E, Haddad G. The calcium-sensitive large-conductance potassium channel (BK/MAXI K) is present in the inner mitochondrial membrane of rat brain. Neuroscience 2006, 139: 1249-1261. PMID: 16567053, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.01.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge conductance voltageInner mitochondrial membraneCalcium-sensitive channelsCytochrome c oxidaseMitochondrial membraneInner mitochondrial membrane proteinC oxidaseMitochondrial fractionInner membrane 23Mitochondrial-specific proteinsMitochondrial membrane proteinMicrotubule-associated protein 1Endoplasmic reticulum markerImmuno-gold electron microscopyLarge-conductance potassium channelsDiscrete subcellular fractionsGold particle labellingWestern blottingGolgi proteinsMembrane proteinsSubcellular localizationAlpha subunitProtein 1Mitochondrial pelletMitochondria