Incompatibility of connexin 40 and 43 hemichannels in gap junctions between mammalian cells is determined by intracellular domains

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1995-2006

  Haubrich, Sandra ^a   Schwarz, Hans Jürgen ^a   Bukauskas, Feliksas ^b   Lichtenberg Fraté, Hella ^a   Traub, Otto ^a   Weingart, Robert ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RUMEX;

EID: 0029829022     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.12.1995     Document Type: Article

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