2009
The N-Terminal Domain of Slack Determines the Formation and Trafficking of Slick/Slack Heteromeric Sodium-Activated Potassium Channels
Chen H, Kronengold J, Yan Y, Gazula VR, Brown MR, Ma L, Ferreira G, Yang Y, Bhattacharjee A, Sigworth FJ, Salkoff L, Kaczmarek LK. The N-Terminal Domain of Slack Determines the Formation and Trafficking of Slick/Slack Heteromeric Sodium-Activated Potassium Channels. Journal Of Neuroscience 2009, 29: 5654-5665. PMID: 19403831, PMCID: PMC3688047, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5978-08.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerminal domainN-terminal domainAlternative splice variantsPotassium channelsSubcellular localizationPlasma membraneMolecular explanationHeteromer formationSplice variantsHeteromeric channelsDistinct rolesSingle-channel levelSubunitsUnitary conductanceCentral neuronsSlack channelsImmunocytochemical studyFiring patternsDomainLocalizationNeuronsGenesTraffickingChannel levelHomomers
1987
Stimulation of protein kinase C recruits covert calcium channels in Aplysia bag cell neurons
Strong J, Fox A, Tsien R, Kaczmarek L. Stimulation of protein kinase C recruits covert calcium channels in Aplysia bag cell neurons. Nature 1987, 325: 714-717. PMID: 2434853, DOI: 10.1038/325714a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein kinase CBag cell neuronsKinase CProtein kinaseCyclic AMP-dependent protein kinaseAMP-dependent protein kinaseAplysia bag cell neuronsCell neuronsCalcium channelsSingle-channel levelExcitable cellsKinaseUntreated cellsUnitary conductanceCalcium currentPeptidergic bag cell neuronsVoltage-activated calcium channelsCardiac muscleDifferent unitary conductancesCellsDifferent mechanismsVoltage-activated calcium currentsChannel levelSecond classNeurons