Dictionary definition: uniporter

Article: Cardiolipin regulates activity of reconstituted mitochondrial ...
Cardiovascular Week;  March 31, 2003 ;     631 words ... ... of reconstituted mitochondrial calcium uniporter. According to recent research from Mexico ... Changes in the membrane structure and uniporter function are observed in the combined ... the reconstituted mitochondrial calcium uniporter by modifying the structure of the liposome ...

Article: Studies in the area of physiology reported from Medical College ...
Biotech Week;  July 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... transport through mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter is the primary Ca2+ uptake mechanism ... respiring mitochondria. Thus, the uniporter plays a key role in regulating ... structure and composition of the uniporter functional unit and kinetic mechanisms ...

Article: Curcumin's apoptosis occurs with cytochrome C release, caspase 3 ...
Biotech Week;  July 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Ruthenium red, an inhibitor of mitochondrial uniporter, specifically inhibits curcumin-induced ... Ruthenium red, an inhibitor of mitochondrial uniporter, only attenuated curcumin induced Ca ... superscript]2+ uptake into mitochondria via uniporter pathway and may involve in the execution ...

Article: Research on biological chemistry discussed by scientists at ...
Chemicals & Chemistry;  May 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... entry to the matrix through the Ca2+ uniporter and activation of mitochondrial matrix ... concentration requirements, the MAS and Ca2+ uniporter-mitochondrial dehydrogenase pathways ... MALATE ASPARTATE NADH SHUTTLE AND CALCIUM UNIPORTER/MITOCHONDRIAL DEHYDROGENASE PATHWAYS ...

Article: Taurine increases glucose sensitivity of UCP2-overexpressing beta ...
World Disease Weekly;  December 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ameliorated by taurine. A mitochondrial Ca[superscript]2+ uniporter blocker, ruthenium red, inhibited the action of taurine ... superscript]2+ influx through the Ca[superscript]2+ uniporter, thereby enhancing mitochondrial metabolic function and increasing ...

Article: Studies from Medical University of South Carolina update current ...
Health & Medicine Week;  December 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... mitochondria, which was blocked by 20 mc M Ru360, an inhibitor of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter, consistent with mitochondrial. iron uptake by the uniporter. Bafilomycin alone was not sufficient to induce mitochondrial depolarization and cell ...

Article: Prokaryotic Membrane Transport
World of Microbiology and Immunology;      700+ words ... ... channels of the Gram-negative outer membrane, in that a uniporter is a single protein or a collection of several like proteins ... channel. Thus, a small channel excludes large molecules. A uniporter can also function in a process known as facilitated diffusion ...