Caltech Bi 211 Fall 1999

Revised 10/13/99
Course announcement
Tentative Schedule
Requirements
Session 5
Tuesday
10/26
7:00 PM
Voltage-gated 
Channels
 Magdalena Bak
Tim McGarvey

Readings in Hille

This topic is Hille's specialty; and the book presents lots of excellent and important information.
Chapter 2
Chapters 4 and 5
Chapter 9: 250-258.
Chapter 14
Optional: Chapters 17, 18

Additional Required Readings

Siegel, M. S. and E. Y. Isacoff 1997. A genetically encoded optical probe of membrane voltage. Neuron. 19:735-41.
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Will GFP be the Molecule of the Year?  Perhaps; even if not, it can be incorporated into a channel and serves as a voltage sensor.

Doyle, D., J. M. Cabral, R. Pfuetzner, A. Kuo, J. Gulbis, S. Cohen, B. Chait and R. MacKinnon 1998. The structure of the potassium channel: molecular basis of K+ conduction and selectivity. Science. 280:69-77.
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The paper we awaited for 20 years.