Functional characterization of canine connexin45

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-161

  Steiner, E ^a   Ebihara, L ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Heart; Intercellular communication

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PH; CONDUCTANCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029868851     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900040     Document Type: Article

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