Connexin 32/38 chimeras suggest a role for the second half of inner loop in gap junction gating by low pH

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 40-5, 1996, Pages

  Wang, Xiao Guang ^a   Peracchia, Camillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

acidification; cell coupling; DNA mutant; membrane channels; voltage gating

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0000909950     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.271.5.c1743     Document Type: Article

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