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SUBMITTER: Mak DO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2247393 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mak Don-On Daniel DO Pearson John E JE Loong King Pan Campion KP Datta Suman S Fernández-Mongil Marisabel M Foskett J Kevin JK
EMBO reports 20071012 11
The ubiquitous inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP(3)R) intracellular Ca(2+) release channel is engaged by thousands of plasma membrane receptors to generate Ca(2+) signals in all cells. Understanding how complex Ca(2+) signals are generated has been hindered by a lack of information on the kinetic responses of the channel to its primary ligands, InsP(3) and Ca(2+), which activate and inhibit channel gating. Here, we describe the kinetic responses of single InsP(3)R channels in native en ...[more]