Evidence for heteromeric gap junction channels formed from rat connexin43 and human connexin37

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Brink, P R ^a   Cronin, K ^a   Banach, K ^a   Peterson, E ^a   Westphale, E M ^b   Seul, K H ^b   Ramanan, S V ^a   Beyer, E C ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heteromeric channels; Heterotypic channels; Homotypic channels; Voltage gating

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030697297     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.4.c1386     Document Type: Article

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