Handbook of Membrane Channels. Molecular and Cellular Physiology

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Contributors, Pages xv-xvii
Preface, Page xix, Camillo Peracchia
CHAPTER 1 - Conservation of K+ Channel Properties in Gene Subfamilies, Pages 5-16, N. VIVIENNE SHEN, PAUL J. PFAFFINGER
CHAPTER 2 - Permeation Properties of Cloned K+ Channels, Pages 17-28, TED BEGENISICH
CHAPTER 3 - Gating Currents of Cloned Shaker K+ Channels, Pages 29-40, ENRICO STEFANI, LIGIA TORO, EDUARDO PEROZO, FRANCISCO BEZANILLA
CHAPTER 4 - Shaw-Related K+ Channels in Mammals, Pages 41-78, E. VEGA-SAENZ de MIERA, M. WEISER, C. KENTROS, D. LAU, H. MORENO, P. SERODIO, B. RUDY
CHAPTER 5 - Molecular Workings of Large Conductance (Maxi) Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels, Pages 79-102, RAMON LATORRE
CHAPTER 6 - Ionic Channels of Myelinated Axons, Pages 105-113, PETER SHRAGER, JIN V. WU
CHAPTER 7 - Cardiac Sodium Channel Expression in Xenopus Oocytes, Pages 115-120, DOUGLAS S. KRAFTE
CHAPTER 8 - Molecular Analysis of Sodium Channel Inactivation, Pages 121-135, ALAN L. GOLDIN
CHAPTER 9 - Unitary Properties of the Batrachotoxin-Trapped State of Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channels, Pages 137-160, EDWARD MOCZYDLOWSKI, LAURENT SCHILD
CHAPTER 10 - Molecular Biology of Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels, Pages 163-176, YASUO MORI
CHAPTER 11 - Structure and Function of Skeletal Muscle and Cardiac Dihydropyridine Receptors, Pages 177-186, TSUTOMU TANABE
CHAPTER 12 - Molecular Pharmacology of Cardiac L-Type Calcium Channels, Pages 187-198, ROBERT S. KASS
CHAPTER 13 - Pharmacology of Different Types of Calcium Channels in Rat Neurons, Pages 199-210, BRUCE P. BEAN, ISABELLE M. MINTZ
CHAPTER 14 - Voltage-Dependent Kinetics of the Fast Chloride Channel, Pages 213-227, DAVID S. WEISS
CHAPTER 15 - Chloride Channels of Colonic Carcinoma Cells, Pages 229-243, RAINER GREGER
CHAPTER 16 - Structural Information on Background Chloride Channels Obtained by Molecular Genetics, Pages 245-254, ANNA PETRIS, CARLO TREQUATTRINI, FABIO FRANCIOLINI
CHAPTER 17 - Functional Properties of Background Chloride Channels, Pages 255-266, FABIO FRANCIOLINI, DAVID J. ADAMS
CHAPTER 18 - Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor of the Mammalian Central Nervous System, Pages 269-286, J.G. MONTES, M. ALKONDON, E.F.R. PEREIRA, E.X. ALBUQUERQUE
CHAPTER 19 - Glutamate-Gated Channels in the Outer Retina, Pages 287-302, MARTIN WILSON
CHAPTER 20 - Molecular Characterization of GABA-Gated Chloride Ion Channels from Complex and Simple Nervous Systems, Pages 303-315, MARK G. DARLISON
CHAPTER 21 - Inhibitory Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors: Molecular Biology and Pharmacology of GABAA and Glycine Receptors, Pages 317-332, ROBERT J. VANDENBERG, PETER R. SCHOFIELD
CHAPTER 22 - Hyperpolarization-Activated (if) Current in Heart, Pages 335-343, DARIO DiFRANCESCO
CHAPTER 23 - Selectivity and Single-Channel Properties of the cGMP-Activated Channel in Amphibian Retinal Rods, Pages 345-358, VINCENT TORRE, ANNA MENINI
CHAPTER 24 - Molecular Models of Channel Interaction and Gating in Gap Junctions, Pages 361-377, CAMILLO PERACCHIA, AHMED LAZRAK, LILLIAN L. PERACCHIA
CHAPTER 25 - Molecular Biology and Electrophysiology of Cardiac Gap Junctions, Pages 379-401, ERIC C. BEYER, RICHARD D. VEENSTRA
CHAPTER 26 - Gap Junction Proteins in the Lens, Pages 403-410, LISA EBIHARA
CHAPTER 27 - The MIP Transmembrane Channel Gene Family, Pages 413-432, ANA B. CHEPELINSKY
CHAPTER 28 - Calmodulin-Sensitive Channels, Pages 435-443, YOSHIRO SAIMI, KIT-YIN LING, CHING KUNG
CHAPTER 29 - Microbial Channels, Pages 447-459, BORIS MARTINAC, XIN-LIANG ZHOU, ANDRZEJ KUBALSKI, SERGEI SUKHAREV, CHING KUNG
CHAPTER 30 - Ryanodine Receptor/Ca2+-Release Channel of Excitable Tissues, Pages 465-474, GERHARD MEISSNER
CHAPTER 31 - Pharmacology of Ryanodine-Sensitive Ca2+ Release Channels, Pages 475-494, ILDIKO ZIMANYI, ISAAC N. PESSAH
CHAPTER 32 - InsP3 Receptor and Intracellular Calcium Release, Pages 495-509, TREVOR J. SHUTTLEWORTH
CHAPTER 33 - InsP3 Receptor: Functional Properties and Regulation, Pages 511-526, ILYA BEZPROZVANNY, BARBARA E. EHRLICH
CHAPTER 34 - Mitochondrial Membrane Channels, Pages 529-548, HENRY TEDESCHI, KATHLEEN W. KINNALLY
CHAPTER 35 - ATP-Sensitive K+ Channels in the Inner Membrane of Rat Liver Mitochondria, Pages 549-554, I. INOUE, T. HIGUTI
CHAPTER 36 - Structure and Regulation of the Exocytotic Fusion Pore, Pages 557-560,560a,561-580, JONATHAN R. MONCK, ANDRES F. OBERHAUSER, PETER E.R. TATHAM, JULIO M. FERNANDEZ
Index, Pages 581-591