title: Cation channels: homing in on the elusive CAN channels.
abstract: The molecular identity of Ca(2+)-activated, non-selective (CAN) cation channels has been unclear, but a member of the TRP family, TRPM4, has now been shown to be a CAN channel without significant Ca(2+) permeability.
authors.affiliation: MRC Secretory Control Research Group, The Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK. o.h.petersen@liv.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ole H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D015221:Potassium Channels; D015222:Sodium Channels