TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent advances in the molecular understanding of voltage gated Ca2+ channels
AU - Benham, C.D.
AU - Randall, A.D.
N1 - Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10447431 Copyright Elsevier Inc. DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1999.0795 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - It has long been recognized that the activity of voltage-sensitive Ca21 channels (VSCCs) is central to the function of all excitable cells (i.e., cells that fire action potentials), as well as many nonexcitable cells (Hille, 1992). VSCCs provide a crucial link between a cell’s membrane potential and the enormous number of intracellular processes that either directly utilize elevations of [Ca21]i as a functional trigger (e.g., exocytosis, muscle contraction) or are modulated by Ca21-dependent signalling cascades (e.g., gene expression, cell division) (Catterall, 1995; Bito et al., 1997; Morgan and Curran, 1988; Tanabe et al., 1993; Dunlap et al., 1995).
AB - It has long been recognized that the activity of voltage-sensitive Ca21 channels (VSCCs) is central to the function of all excitable cells (i.e., cells that fire action potentials), as well as many nonexcitable cells (Hille, 1992). VSCCs provide a crucial link between a cell’s membrane potential and the enormous number of intracellular processes that either directly utilize elevations of [Ca21]i as a functional trigger (e.g., exocytosis, muscle contraction) or are modulated by Ca21-dependent signalling cascades (e.g., gene expression, cell division) (Catterall, 1995; Bito et al., 1997; Morgan and Curran, 1988; Tanabe et al., 1993; Dunlap et al., 1995).
U2 - 10.1006/mcne.1999.0795
DO - 10.1006/mcne.1999.0795
M3 - Article
SN - 1044-7431
VL - 14
SP - 255
EP - 272
JO - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
JF - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
ER -