T-type channels: release a brake, engage a gear

Norbert Weiss; Lubica Lacinova

doi:10.1080/19336950.2015.1106655

T-type channels: release a brake, engage a gear

Channels (Austin). 2016;10(2):78-80. doi: 10.1080/19336950.2015.1106655. Epub 2015 Oct 21.

Authors

Norbert Weiss¹, Lubica Lacinova²

Affiliations

¹ a Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , Prague , Czech Republic.
² b Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics , Academy of Sciences , Bratislava , Slovakia.

No abstract available

Keywords: CaV3.1; CaV3.3; T-type calcium channels; channel gating; gating brake; low-voltage activated calcium channels; pore opening; voltage-dependence of activation.

MeSH terms

Calcium / metabolism*
Calcium Channels, T-Type / genetics
Calcium Channels, T-Type / metabolism*
Cell Membrane / metabolism
Gene Expression Regulation
Humans
Ion Channel Gating
Ion Transport
Membrane Potentials / physiology
Neurons / cytology
Neurons / metabolism*
Protein Domains
Protein Structure, Secondary
Thermodynamics

Substances

CACNA1G protein, human
CACNA1H protein, human
CACNA1I protein, human
Calcium Channels, T-Type
Calcium