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Current Topics in Pharmacology
Phcol 514
12:30 PM, Wednesday, January 8, 2003
Room T-473 HSC


Speaker: William Catterall
Topic: Potassium Channel Gating: An Open and Shut Case

References:

  1. Declan A. Doyle, Joao Morais Cabral, Richard A. Pfuetzner, Anling Kuo, Jacqueline M. Gulbis, Steven L. Cohen, Brian T. Chait, and Roderick MacKinnon. The structure of the potassium channel: molecular basis of K+ conduction and selectivity. Science. April 3 1998; 280: 69-77.

  2. Maria A. Schumacher, Andre F. Rivard, Hans Peter Bachinger, and John P. Adelman. Structure of the gating domain of a Ca2+-activated K+ channel complexed with Ca2+/ calmodulin. Nature April 26, 2001; 410: 1120-1124.

  3. Youxing Jiang, Alice Lee, Jiayun Chen, Martine Cadene, Brian T. Chait, and Roderick MacKinnon. Crystal structure and mechanism of a calcium-gated potassium channel. Nature. May 30, 2002; 417: 515-522.

  4. Youxing Jiang, Alice Lee, Jiayun Chen, Martine Cadene, Brian T. Chait, and Roderick MacKinnon. The open pore conformation of potassium channels. Nature. May 30, 2002; 417: 523-526.

  5. Ofer Yifrach and Roderick MacKinnon. Energetics of pore opening in a voltage-gated K+ channel. Cell. October 2002; 111: 231-239.

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