Crystallization of a voltage-gated K + channel has not yet been ... Genes encoding sodium and calcium channels and the acetylcholine activated channel had been cloned, and potassium channel ...

Proteins hang around, literally gumming up the works and preventing neurons from doing their job. Voltage-gated calcium channels cannot form properly when cacophony is mutated, preventing fusion of ...

The DHP receptor gene is almost identical to those that encode voltage-gated calcium channels. (You may know that dihydropyridines are widely used antihypertensive drugs that reduce blood pressure by ...

Acting as regulatory subunits of voltage-gated calcium channels, they have long been recognized for their role in modulating calcium currents—a key mechanism for enabling neurons to transmit and ...