Big on Bk - Current Insights into the Function of Large Conductance Voltage- and Ca2+- Activated K+ Channels at the Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Levels

Big on Bk: Current Insights into the Function of Large Conductance Voltage- and Ca2+- Activated K+ Channels at the Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Levels, a volume in the International Review of Neurobiology series, is a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art research into this area. It reviews current knowledge and understanding, and also provides a starting point for researchers and practitioners entering the field.

List of contents

1. Biophysics of BK channel gating
Riccardo Olcese
2. Modulation of BK channel function by auxiliary beta and gamma subunits
Jiusheng Yan
3. Posttranscriptional and posttranslational regulation of BK channels
Mike Shipston
4. Protein network interacting with BK channels
Hongkyun Kim
5. Functional role of mitochondrial and nuclear BK channels
Tian-Ming Gao
6. Modulation of BK channels by small endogenous molecules and pharmaceutical channel openers
Toshinori Hoshi
7. Modulation of BK channels by ethanol
Alex Dopico
8. BK channels in neurons
Alison Barth
9. BK channels in the pituitary and hypothalamus
Peter Duncan
10. BK channels in the inner ear
Sonja Pyott
11. BK channels in the vascular system
Gayathri Krishnamoorthy-Natarajan
12. Developing the molecular pharmacology of BK channels for therapeutic benefit
Gregory John Kaczorowski

Product details

• Assisted by: Candice Contet (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2016
• EAN: 9780128036198
• ISBN: 978-0-12-803619-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 28 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 1020 g
• Series: International Review of Neurobiology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, Atomic & molecular physics, Developmental biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Conductance; Voltage; Ca2+-;K+ Channels; Molecular; Cellular