Research Interest
Structure/function of inward
rectifier K channels; stimulus-secretion coupling.
Representative Publications
Atwater, I.,
B. Ribalet. and
E. Rojas. 1978. Cyclic changes in potential and resistance of
B-cell membrane induced by glucose in islets of Langerhans from
mouse. Journal of Physiology (London), 278: 117-139.
Ribalet, B., and S. Ciani.
1987. Regulation by cell metabolism and adenosine nucleotides
of a K channel in insulin-secreting B-cells (RIN m5F). Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences. 84:1721-1725.
Ribalet,
B., S. Ciani, and G.T. Eddlestone. 1989. ATP mediates both
activation and inhibition of K(ATP) channel activity via cAMP
dependent protein kinase in insulin secreting cell lines. Journal
of General Physiology. 94:693-717.
Ribalet. B., and G.T.
Eddlestone. 1995. Characterization of the G protein coupling of a
SRIF receptor to the KATP channel in insulin secreting
cells. Journal of Physiology. 485.1:73-86.
John, S.A., J.R. Monck, J.N.
Weiss, and B. Ribalet. 1998. The sulfonylurea receptor SUR1
regulates ATP-sensitive mouse Kir6.2 K+ channels linked
to the green fluorescent protein in human embryonic kidney cells (HEK
293). Journal of Physiology. 510.2:333-345.
John, S.A., J.N. Weiss, and
B.
Ribalet. 2001. Regulation of cloned ATP-sensitive K
channels by adenine nucleotides and sulfonylureas: Interactions
between SUR1 and positively charged domains on Kir6.2. Journal
of General Physiology. 118:391-405. |
