2004
Activation of a calcium entry pathway by sodium pyrithione in the bag cell neurons of Aplysia
Knox RJ, Magoski NS, Wing D, Barbee SJ, Kaczmarek LK. Activation of a calcium entry pathway by sodium pyrithione in the bag cell neurons of Aplysia. Developmental Neurobiology 2004, 60: 411-423. PMID: 15307146, DOI: 10.1002/neu.20029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAplysia bag cell neuronsWhole-cell current-clamp recordingsBag cell neuronsPlasma membraneCurrent-clamp recordingsNeuronal physiologyCytosolic pHCytosolic freeMembrane potentialCell neuronsSodium pyrithionePresence of externalRatiometric imagingMV depolarizationClose structural analogueHill coefficientNapStructural analoguesSpecies
2001
Membrane Ion Channels and Ion Currents
B.Levitan I, Kaczmarek L. Membrane Ion Channels and Ion Currents. 2001, 67-88. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195145236.003.0004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlasma membraneTransmembrane ion flowIon flowMembrane ion channelsMovement of chargeExcellent electrical insulatorTransmembrane ionIon currentIon channelsLipid bilayersMembrane potentialHydrophobic interiorEndogenous electrical activityIonsElectrical insulatorSmall inorganic ionsMembraneTemporal patternsBilayersCellsExternal stimuliInsulatorNerve cellsSpeciesEnergy
1992
Expression of the H-ras oncogene induces potassium conductance and neuron-specific potassium channel mRNAs in the AtT20 cell line
Hemmick L, Perney T, Flamm R, Kaczmarek L, Birnberg N. Expression of the H-ras oncogene induces potassium conductance and neuron-specific potassium channel mRNAs in the AtT20 cell line. Journal Of Neuroscience 1992, 12: 2007-2014. PMID: 1607925, PMCID: PMC6575920, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.12-06-02007.1992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRas-transfected cellsAtT20 cell lineAtT20 cellsEJ-ras oncogeneCell linesPotassium channelsVoltage-dependent potassium channelsRas proteinsPituitary-derived cellsMRNA speciesPlasma membraneSpliced productsPotassium channel mRNASame geneChannel mRNADifferential expressionPotassium currentExcitable cellsVoltage-dependent potassium currentsTwo- to threefold increaseMRNAOncogeneSpeciesExpressionPhenotype
1990
Estrogen induction of a small, putative K+ channel mRNA in rat uterus
Pragnell M, Snay K, Trimmer J, MacLusky N, Naftolin F, Kaczmarek L, Boyle M. Estrogen induction of a small, putative K+ channel mRNA in rat uterus. Neuron 1990, 4: 807-812. PMID: 2344412, DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(90)90207-v.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMRNA speciesAmino acid proteinProkaryotic ion channelsDramatic long-term changesMolecular cloningAcid proteinIon channel expressionMammalian sourcesIon channelsXenopus oocytesVoltage-dependent channelsSpeciesStructural motifsCritical roleChannel expressionMRNAChannel mRNAEstrogen inductionLong-term changesInductionCloningProteinMotifRegulationOocytes