Sentences with phrase «channel proteins found»

This small protein molecule contains a loop which fits, like a key in a lock, into the ion channel proteins found on nerve cell membranes, which are used to transport sodium and potassium ions in and out of the cell.

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The researchers found that puffing activated a mechanosensitive channel protein called TRPV4, which is enriched in the membrane of neuronal axons and allows calcium ions to enter the cell.

The gene aquaporin - 1 encodes channel - forming integral protein (CHIP), a member of a large family of water transporters found throughout nature.

Cuervo's group found that a mutant protein associated with a heritable version of Parkinson's gums up lysosomal channels.

In research that has implications for diabetes and other metabolic diseases, an international study based at UT Southwestern Medical Center found that the protein connexin 43 (Cx43) forms cell - to - cell communication channels on the surface of emerging beige fat cells that amplify the signals from those few nerve fibers.

Researchers experimented with different configurations for their remote control system, and they found the best relies on an iron nanoparticle (blue), which is tethered by a protein (green) to an ion channel (red).

Ion channels are proteins found in a cell's membrane, which create tiny openings in the membrane that regulate the movement of specific ions.

To find out, she and her MIT colleagues targeted a class of proteins called TRPV1 channels, which are found in neurons that respond to heat and certain chemicals in food.

They found that when the potassium channel is open, water molecules quickly bind to tiny cavities within the protein structure, where they block the channel in a state that prevents the passage of ions.

Graduate student Yu - Hsiang Tu then tested candidate genes one - by - one until he found one that produced a proton - conducting protein when introduced into cells that did not have any proton - conducting channels.

Found that proteins bound to the cytoplasmic portion of one subtype of glutamate receptor, the N - methyl - D - aspartate receptor, play a critical role coupling local calcium influx through the channel to elicit adaptive gene transcription in neurons.

In studies of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator membrane protein, Forman - Kay found disordered cytoplasmic elements that provide the flexibility needed to integrate various inputs to drive the opening and closing of a membrane channel.

I had been doing the usual high fat / protein candida diet without any fruits for about a month feeling miserable until 3 days ago that I found one could eat some berries, but then yesterday I found your channel and I ate some bananas and tree tomatoes and felt really great, I have been losing a lot of weight because it was only yesterday that I started adding more fruits so I bought some olives as well to eat with my salads, do you think it would be detrimental?

Mutations for monogenic epilepsies have been found primarily in genes coding for ion channels 32 as well as in two different proteins that may be involved in neurogenesis 33.