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Bayesian signal restoration and model determination for ion channel data. Matthew Hodgson and Peter Green. Ion channels. Large proteins spanning cell membranes: key to nerve function Move between finite number of physicochemically distinct states
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Bayesian signal restoration and model determination for ion channel data Matthew Hodgson and Peter Green
Ion channels • Large proteins spanning cell membranes: key to nerve function • Move between finite number of physicochemically distinct states • States partitioned into classes with the same conductance (often, 2 classes: open and closed)
Ion channel data • Observations on single ion channels possible by patch-clamp recording • Measurements of conductance degraded by noise and filtering prior to discretisation • Conventional signal restoration algorithm: thresholding, followed by deletion of short sojourn times
Ion channels • Large proteins spanning cell membranes, with finite number of physicochemically distinct states • States partitioned into classes with the same conductance (often, 2 classes: open and closed) • Transitions between states often assumed to follow a Continuous Time Markov chain
Further details • Hodgson, MEA (1999) J. Roy. Statist. Soc. B, 61, 95-114. • Hodgson, MEA and Green, PJ (1999) Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 455, 3425-3448. • Hodgson, MEA (2002) J. Nonpar. Stats., 14, 133-139.