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Derepression may masquerade as activation in ligand-gated ion channels by Tessier, Christian J. G., Emlaw, Johnathon R., Sturgeon, Raymond M., daCosta, Corrie J. B.

“…Agonists are ligands that bind to receptors and activate them. In the case of ligand-gated ion channels, such as the muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine…”
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Ancestral acetylcholine receptor β-subunit forms homopentamers that prime before opening spontaneously by Tessier, Christian JG, Sturgeon, Raymond M, Emlaw, Johnathon R, McCluskey, Gregory D, Pérez-Areales, F Javier, daCosta, Corrie JB

“…Human adult muscle-type acetylcholine receptors are heteropentameric ion channels formed from two α-subunits, and one each of the β-, δ-, and ε-subunits. To…”
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A single historical substitution drives an increase in acetylcholine receptor complexity by Emlaw, Johnathon R., Tessier, Christian J. G., McCluskey, Gregory D., McNulty, Melissa S., Sheikh, Yusuf, Burkett, Kelly M., Musgaard, Maria, daCosta, Corrie J. B.

“…Human adult muscle-type acetylcholine receptors are heteropentameric ion channels formed from four different, but evolutionarily related, subunits. These…”
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Ancestral Reconstruction Approach to Acetylcholine Receptor Structure and Function by Prinston, Jethro E., Emlaw, Johnathon R., Dextraze, Mathieu F., Tessier, Christian J.G., Pérez-Areales, F. Javier, McNulty, Melissa S., daCosta, Corrie J.B.

“…Acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) are members of a superfamily of proteins called pentameric ligand-gated ion channels, which are found in almost all forms of…”
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pUdOs: Concise Plasmids for Bacterial and Mammalian Cells by Manigat, France O., Connell, Louise B., Stewart, Brittany N., LePabic, Abdel-Rahman, Tessier, Christian J. G., Emlaw, Johnathon R., Calvert, Nicholas D., Rössl, Anthony, Shuhendler, Adam J., daCosta, Corrie J. B., Campbell-Valois, François-Xavier

“…The plasmids from the Université d’Ottawa (pUdOs) are 28 small plasmids each comprising one of four origins of replication and one of seven selection markers,…”
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Back to the future: Rational maps for exploring acetylcholine receptor space and time by Tessier, Christian J.G., Emlaw, Johnathon R., Cao, Zhuo Qian, Pérez-Areales, F. Javier, Salameh, Jean-Paul J., Prinston, Jethro E., McNulty, Melissa S., daCosta, Corrie J.B.

“…Global functions of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such as subunit cooperativity and compatibility, likely emerge from a network of amino acid residues…”
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Ion transport properties of fetal sheep alveolar epithelial cells in monolayer culture by Tessier, G J, Lester, G D, Langham, M R, Cassin, S

“…Alveolar type II cells were isolated from late-term fetal sheep to investigate ion transport across fetal distal lung epithelium. In Ussing chambers, basal…”
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Mechanisms of sodium and chloride transport across equine tracheal epithelium by Tessier, G J, Traynor, T R, Kannan, M S, O'Grady, S M

“…Equine tracheal epithelium, stripped of serosal muscle, mounted in Ussing chambers, and bathed in plasmalike Ringer solution generates a serosa-positive…”
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Mucosal histamine inhibits Na absorption and stimulates Cl secretion across equine tracheal epithelium by Tessier G.J, Traynor T.R, Kannan M.S, O'Grady S.M

“…When the equine tracheal epithelium is mounted in Ussing chambers and bathed in plasma-like Ringer solution, the tissue generates a lumen-negative…”
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Derepression masquerades as activation in a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel by daCosta, Corrie J.B., Tessier, Christian J.G., Emlaw, Johnathon R., Sturgeon, Raymond M.

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Modulation of equine tracheal smooth muscle contractility by epithelial-derived and cyclooxygenase metabolites by Tessier, G J, Lackner, P A, O'Grady, S M, Kannan, M S

“…The role of epithelium in the modulation of contractile responses to electrical field stimulation (EFS), acetylcholine (ACh), and KCl were studied in vitro in…”
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scbursts: An R package for analysis and sorting of single-channel bursts by Drummond, Blair R., Tessier, Christian J.G., Dextraze, Mathieu F., daCosta, Corrie J.B.

“…Analysis of single-channel activity provides unparalleled insight into ion channel structure, function, and mechanism. An essential step in the analysis…”
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