Gap junction channel gating and permselectivity: Their roles in co-ordinated tissue function

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1041-1046

  Brink, Peter R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap junction channels; Gating; Permselectivity; Tissue function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030482078     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb01166.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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