Accessory Subunits of Ion Channels

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Most of the pores forming subunits of ion channels are complexed with additional, accessory subunits that can influence key properties of ion channels, such as trafficking and targeting of ion channels to specific cell membrane components. Accessory subunits can also modulate channel gating, such as the activation or inactivation properties of voltage-gated ion channels.

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Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc D. Binder
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Windhorst

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(2008). Accessory Subunits of Ion Channels. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_29

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_29
Published: 24 January 2024
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