Asymmetric voltage dependence of embryonic cardiac gap junction channels

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 1 39-1, 1996, Pages

  Chen, Yan Hua ^a   Dehaan, Robert L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

connexins; embryonic development; gap junctions; heart; ion channels; patch clamp technique

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030063734     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.1.c276     Document Type: Article

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