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Steven M. Sine

Steven M. Sine

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
16782
World Ranking
5708
National Ranking
2704

Overview

Steven M. Sine is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research outputs primarily focus on Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's main research topics cover:

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Steven M. Sine has published extensively in several key scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Cell
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Journal of General Physiology

Recent publications by Steven M. Sine include:

  • "Structure and gating mechanism of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor" (2021, Cell)
  • "Structural mechanisms of α7 nicotinic receptor allosteric modulation and activation" (2024, Cell)
  • "NACHO and 14-3-3 promote expression of distinct subunit stoichiometries of the α4β2 acetylcholine receptor" (2020, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences)
  • "Mechanism of calcium potentiation of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor" (2020, The Journal of General Physiology)
  • "Nicotinic receptors in airway disease" (2023, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven M. Sine include:

  • Nuriya Mukhtasimova
  • Simone Mazzaferro
  • Ryan Hibbs
  • Kathiresan Natarajan
  • John R. Strikwerda

Best Publications

  • Data transformations for improved display and fitting of single-channel dwell time histograms

    F.J. Sigworth;S.M. Sine

  • Recent advances in Cys-loop receptor structure and function.

    Steven M. Sine;Andrew G. Engel

  • Congenital myasthenic syndromes: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.

    Andrew G. Engel;Xin Ming Shen;Duygu Selcen;Steven M. Sine

  • Principal pathway coupling agonist binding to channel gating in nicotinic receptors

    Won Yong Lee;Steven M. Sine

  • Coupling of agonist binding to channel gating in an ACh-binding protein linked to an ion channel

    Cecilia Beatriz Bouzat;Fernanda Andrea Gumilar;Guillermo Federico Spitzmaul;Hai Long Wang

  • Mutation of the acetylcholine receptor α subunit causes a slow-channel myasthenic syndrome by enhancing agonist binding affinity

    Steven M. Sine;Kinji Ohno;Cecilia Bouzat;Anthony Auerbach

  • Congenital myasthenic syndrome caused by prolonged acetylcholine receptor channel openings due to a mutation in the M2 domain of the epsilon subunit.

    Kinji Ohno;David O. Hutchinson;Margherita Milone;Joan M. Brengman

  • Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Decreased Agonist Binding Affinity Due to a Mutation in the Acetylcholine Receptor ε Subunit

    Kinji Ohno;Hai Long Wang;Margherita Milone;Nina Bren

  • Functional consequences of agonist-mediated state transitions in the cholinergic receptor. Studies in cultured muscle cells.

    S Sine;P Taylor

  • Activation of Torpedo acetylcholine receptors expressed in mouse fibroblasts. Single channel current kinetics reveal distinct agonist binding affinities.

    Steven M. Sine;Toni Claudio;Fred J. Sigworth

  • Novel modulation of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by association with the endogenous prototoxin lynx1.

    Inés Ibañez-Tallon;Julie M. Miwa;Hai Long Wang;Niels C. Adams

  • New Mutations in Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Genes Reveal Heterogeneity in the Slow-Channel Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome

    Andrew G. Engel;Kinji Ohno;Margherita Milone;Hai Long Wang

  • Molecular dissection of subunit interfaces in the acetylcholine receptor: identification of residues that determine curare selectivity

    Steven M. Sine

  • Detection and trapping of intermediate states priming nicotinic receptor channel opening

    Nuriya Mukhtasimova;Won Yong Lee;Hai Long Wang;Steven M. Sine

  • Sleuthing molecular targets for neurological diseases at the neuromuscular junction

    Andrew G. Engel;Kinji Ohno;Steven M. Sine

  • The nicotinic receptor ligand binding domain

    Steven M. Sine

  • Gamma- and delta-subunits regulate the affinity and the cooperativity of ligand binding to the acetylcholine receptor.

    Steven M. Sine;Toni Claudio

  • Ligand-binding domain of an α7-nicotinic receptor chimera and its complex with agonist.

    Shu Xing Li;Sun Huang;Nina Bren;Kaori Noridomi

  • Current understanding of congenital myasthenic syndromes

    Andrew G Engel;Steven M Sine

  • Acetylcholine receptor M3 domain: stereochemical and volume contributions to channel gating.

    Hai Long Wang;Margherita Milone;Kinji Ohno;Xing Ming Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew G. Engel
Andrew G. Engel Mayo Clinic
Kinji Ohno
Kinji Ohno Nagoya University
Palmer Taylor
Palmer Taylor University of California, San Diego
J. Andrew McCammon
J. Andrew McCammon University of California, San Diego
Joe Henry Steinbach
Joe Henry Steinbach Washington University in St. Louis
Ivaylo Ivanov
Ivaylo Ivanov Georgia State University
Lin Chen
Lin Chen University of Chicago
Rainer Spanagel
Rainer Spanagel Heidelberg University
Robert C. Griggs
Robert C. Griggs University of Rochester Medical Center
Herbert M. Urbassek
Herbert M. Urbassek Technical University of Kaiserslautern

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