A chimeric connexin forming gap junction hemichannels

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 433, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 773-779

  Pfahnl, Arnold ^a   Zhou, Xiao Wei ^a   Werner, Rudolf ^a   Dahl, Gerhard ^a  

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

Author keywords

Calcium; Channel formation; Connexin; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Ion channels; Oocyte; Voltage

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030895397     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050344     Document Type: Article

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