Where are the gates in gap junction channels?

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1047-1052

  Dahl, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Docking gate; Gap junction; Voltage gate

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

CELL JUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030453352     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb01167.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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