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Purification and reconstitution of the calcium release channel from skeletal muscle.

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Lai, FA; Erickson, HP; Rousseau, E; Liu, QY; Meissner, G
Published in: Nature
January 28, 1988

The calcium release channel from rabbit muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) has been purified and reconstituted as a functional unit in lipid bilayers. Electron microscopy reveals the four-leaf clover structure previously described for the 'feet' that span the transverse tubule (T)-SR junction. Ca2+ release from the SR induced by T-system depolarization during excitation-contraction coupling in muscle may thus be effected through a direct association of the T-system with SR Ca2+-release channels.

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Nature

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ISSN

0028-0836

Publication Date

January 28, 1988

Volume

331

Issue

6154

Start / End Page

315 / 319

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • Rabbits
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Liposomes
  • Ion Channels
  • General Science & Technology
  • Calcium
  • Animals
 

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Lai, F. A., Erickson, H. P., Rousseau, E., Liu, Q. Y., & Meissner, G. (1988). Purification and reconstitution of the calcium release channel from skeletal muscle. Nature, 331(6154), 315–319. https://doi.org/10.1038/331315a0
Lai, F. A., H. P. Erickson, E. Rousseau, Q. Y. Liu, and G. Meissner. “Purification and reconstitution of the calcium release channel from skeletal muscle.Nature 331, no. 6154 (January 28, 1988): 315–19. https://doi.org/10.1038/331315a0.
Lai FA, Erickson HP, Rousseau E, Liu QY, Meissner G. Purification and reconstitution of the calcium release channel from skeletal muscle. Nature. 1988 Jan 28;331(6154):315–9.
Lai, F. A., et al. “Purification and reconstitution of the calcium release channel from skeletal muscle.Nature, vol. 331, no. 6154, Jan. 1988, pp. 315–19. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/331315a0.
Lai FA, Erickson HP, Rousseau E, Liu QY, Meissner G. Purification and reconstitution of the calcium release channel from skeletal muscle. Nature. 1988 Jan 28;331(6154):315–319.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nature

DOI

ISSN

0028-0836

Publication Date

January 28, 1988

Volume

331

Issue

6154

Start / End Page

315 / 319

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • Rabbits
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Liposomes
  • Ion Channels
  • General Science & Technology
  • Calcium
  • Animals