Article
Characterization of T cell mutants with defects in capacitative calcium entry: genetic evidence for the physiological roles of CRAC channels.
The Journal of cell biology - 1 Nov 1995
Fanger C M, Hoth M, Crabtree G R, Lewis R S
Abstract excerpt
Prolonged Ca2+ influx is an essential signal for the activation of T lymphocytes by antigen. This influx is thought to occur through highly selective Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels that are activated by the depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores. We have isolated mutants of the Jurkat human T cell line NZdipA to explore the molecular mechanisms that underlie capacitative Ca2+ entry and to allow a...
Topics
- Calcium
- Calcium Channels
- Cell Fusion
- Cell Line
- Electric Conductivity
- Electrophysiology
- Humans
- Lymphoma
- Mutation
- Potassium Channels
- T-Lymphocytes
