Publications

Corry, B, Cranfield, CG & Martinac, B 2000, 'Structure and Physiological Role of Ion Channels Studied by Fluorescence Spectroscopy' in Meyers, RA (ed), Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, online, Wiley, USA, pp. 1-26.
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Abstract Fluorescence spectroscopy has, over the last two decades, been frequently used for studies of biological cells and their molecular components. In combination with molecular biological methods that allow introduction of fluorescent labeling in vivo and in vitro , fluorescence spectroscopy methods, such as Förster resonance energy transfer ( FRET ), have made membrane proteins accessible to studies of their molecular structure and dynamics. In this article, we describe a variety of fluorescence spectroscopy techniques and focus on their use in the studies of the physiological role ion channels play, and the conformational rearrangements involved in the gating of ion channels, whose function as gated membrane pores underlies numerous cellular processes essential for the survival of living cells and organisms.

Tie, H, Walker, BD, Singleton, C, Bursill, J, Wyse, KR, Valenzuela, S, Qiu, M, Breit, SN & Campbell, TJ 2000, 'The Antipsychotic Agents Thioridazine, Chlorpromazine And Clozapine Block The Human-ether-a-go-go-related Gene (herg) Potassium Channel: Cellular Mechanism For Proarrhythmia', Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 1-1.
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Valenzuela, SM, Mazzanti, M, Tonini, R, Qiu, MR, Warton, K, Musgrove, EA, Campbell, TJ & Breit, SN 2000, 'The nuclear chloride ion channel NCC27 is involved in regulation of the cell cycle', The Journal of Physiology, vol. 529, no. 3, pp. 541-552.
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1. NCC27 is a nuclear chloride ion channel, identified in the PMA-activated U937 human monocyte cell line. NCC27 mRNA is expressed in virtually all cells and tissues and the gene encoding NCC27 is also highly conserved. Because of these factors, we have