Properties and regulation of gap junctional hemichannels in the plasma membranes of cultured cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1019-1030

  Li, Haiying ^a   Liu, Tai Feng ^a,d   Lazrak, Ahmed ^b,e   Peracchia, Camillo ^b   Goldberg, Gary S ^c   Lampe, Paul D ^a,f   Johnson, Ross G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CONNEXIN 43; DEXTRAN; DYE; FLUORESCEIN; FURA 2; HEPTANOL; OCTANOL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE P60; UMBELLIFERONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RUMEX;

EID: 0029800089     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.4.1019     Document Type: Article

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