Chimeric evidence for a role of the connexin cytoplasmic loop in gap junction channel gating

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 431, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 844-852

  Wang, Xiaoguang ^a   Li, Liqiong ^a   Peracchia, Lillian L ^a   Peracchia, Camillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell communication; DNA chimera; DNA mutant; Gap junctions; pH

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PH; CHANNEL GATING; CHIMERA; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONNEXINS; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MUTATION; OOCYTES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029961752     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050076     Document Type: Article

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