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Peter B Detwiler
CONJ 531
Seattle Campus

Signaling Mechanisms in Excitable Cells

Membrane electricity. Structure and roles of voltage-gated and ligand-gated ion channels in electrical signaling. Calcium as a second messenger. Exocytosis and its regulation. Phototransduction in photoreceptors. Prerequisite: comprehensive undergraduate course in general biochemistry and molecular biology, or permission of instructor. Offered: A.

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Last Update by Alyssa M. Kern
Date: 09/04/2002