Porcine aortic endothelial gap junctions: Identification and permeation by caged InsP3

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1765-1773

  Carter, T D ^a   Chen, X Y ^a   Carlile, G ^a   Kalapothakis, E ^a,c   Ogden, D ^a   Evans, W H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Connexin 37 and 43; Endothelial cell; Gap junction; InsP3; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 43; DEXTRAN; FURAPTRA; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MESSENGER RNA; RHODAMINE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANION TRANSPORT; AORTA; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND MESSENGER; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AORTA; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE;

EID: 0030013824     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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