Conductances and selective permeability of connexin43 gap junction channels examined in neonatal rat heart cells

Circulation Research

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 708-719

  Valiunas, Virginijus ^a   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^a   Weingart, Robert ^a  

^a Department of Physiology ^*

Author keywords

connexin43; gap junction; neonatal rat heart; selective permeability; single channel conductance

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CONNEXIN 43; HEPARIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROADIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030888343     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.80.5.708     Document Type: Article

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