Selectivity of connexin-specific gap junctions does not correlate with channel conductance

Circulation Research

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1156-1165

  Veenstra, Richard D ^a   Wang, Hong Zang ^a   Beblo, Dolores A ^a   Chilton, Mark G ^a   Harris, Andrew L ^b   Beyer, Eric C ^c   Brink, Peter R ^d  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2',7' dichlorofluorescein; 6 carboxyfluorescein; channel; gap junction; selectivity

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0028784986     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.77.6.1156     Document Type: Article

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