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Overview of molecular relationships in the voltage-gated ion channel superfamily.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Yu, Frank H. Yarov-Yarovoy, Vladimir Gutman, G. A. Catterall, William A. |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Complex multicellular organisms require rapid and accurate transmission of information among cells and tissues and tight coordination of distant functions. In vertebrates, electrical signals and the resulting intracellular calcium transients control contraction of muscle, secretion of hormones, sensation of the environment, processing of information in the brain, and output from the brain to peripheral tissues. In nonexcitable cells, calcium transients signal many key cellular events, including secretion, gene expression, and cell division. In epithelial cells, huge ion fluxes are conducted across tissue boundaries. All of these physiological processes are mediated in part by members of the voltage-gated ion channel protein superfamily (Fig. 1) (Yu and Catterall, 2004). This protein superfamily of more than 140 members is one of the largest groups of signal transduction proteins, and many family members are the molecular targets for toxins and therapeutic agents. Here we review the molecular and evolutionary relationships among the families within the voltage-gated-like (VGL) ion channel superfamily. |
| Starting Page | 5121 |
| Ending Page | 5126 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/pharmrev/57/4/387.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 16382097v1 |
| Volume Number | 57 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Pharmacological reviews |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Body tissue Calcium Cell division Cell physiology Chronic pain Epilepsy ErbB Receptors Gated Ion Channel Gene Expression Ion Channel Protein Ions Iontophoresis Largest Ligands Movement Muscle Physiological Processes Signal Transduction Toxin Transmembrane Domain Vertebrates physiological aspects voltage |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
