Table 1

Open durations of mutant AChRs

Mutant SubunitMean Open Timen
ms
Wild-type0.90  ± 0.146
αF8′I1.75  ± 0.308
βL8′F0.30  ± 0.055
δL8′F0.40  ± 0.078
ɛV8′F0.45  ± 0.146

Recordings were obtained from cells expressing AChRs containing the indicated mutant subunit and activated by 1 μM ACh. The mean open times were obtained from the corresponding open-time histograms.n is the number of recordings for each condition.