Xenopus connexin38 forms hemi-gap-junctional channels in the nonjunctional plasma membrane of Xenopus oocytes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 742-748

  Ebihara, L ^a,b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CATION CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0029738650     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79273-1     Document Type: Article

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