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F. Bezanilla

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 5 Approach:experimental assay· 5 Assay:electrophysiology· 4 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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C. A. Z. Bassetto· 3 shared B. I. Pinto· 2 shared C. Z. Bassetto· 1 shared E. E. L. Lee· 1 shared J. L. Carvalho-de-Souza· 1 shared J. Pfeffermann· 1 shared M. F. Priest· 1 shared P. Pohl· 1 shared

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C. A. Z. Bassetto

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Photolipid excitation triggers depolarizing optocapacitive currents and action potentials

C. A. Z. Bassetto, J. Pfeffermann, R. Yadav, S. Strassgschwandtner, T. Glasnov, F. Bezanilla, P. Pohl

The paper demonstrates that photolipids can trigger optocapacitive currents and action potentials through light-induced changes in membrane capacitance and mechanosensitive channel activity.

bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2023Biophysics

A Mechanistic Reinterpretation of Fast Inactivation in Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels

Y. Liu, B. I. Pinto, C. Z. Bassetto, F. Bezanilla

The paper reinterprets the mechanism of fast inactivation in voltage-gated Na+ channels using ionic and gating current data, identifying two hydrophobic rings at the bottom of S6 as the inactivation gate.

bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2023Biophysics

ION CHANNEL THERMODYNAMICS STUDIED WITH TEMPERATURE JUMPS MEASURED AT THE CELL MEMBRANE

C. A. Z. Bassetto, B. I. Pinto, R. Latorre, F. Bezanilla

The paper develops methods to measure temperature jumps and steps at the cell membrane to study ion channel thermodynamics under voltage-clamp conditions.

bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2022Biophysics

The trajectory of discrete gating charges in a voltage-gated potassium channel

M. F. Priest, E. E. L. Lee, F. Bezanilla

The paper tracks the movement of gating charges in a voltage-gated potassium channel using fluorescence quenching and identifies distinct activation and deactivation pathways.

bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2020Biophysics

Metal bridge in S4 segment supports helix transition in Shaker channel

C. A. Z. Bassetto, J. L. Carvalho-de-Souza, F. Bezanilla

The paper investigates the role of metal bridges in stabilizing helical conformations of the S4 segment in Shaker channels during activation, showing slowed currents and voltage shifts with Zn2+.

bioRxiv · Jul 2, 2019Biophysics