Chapter 12: Mechanistic Differences Between Chemical and Electrical Gating of Gap Junctions

Current Topics in Membranes and Transport

Volumn 49, Issue C, 1999, Pages 249-269

  Skerrett, I M ^a   Smith, J F ^a   Nicholson, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0011241097     PISSN: 00702161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2161(08)61016-3     Document Type: Article

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