Identification of a pore lining segment in gap junction hemichannels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1946-1953

  Zhou, Xiao Wei ^a   Pfahnl, Arnold ^a   Werner, Rudolf ^a   Hudder, Alice ^a   Llanes, Audrey ^a   Luebke, Anne ^a   Dahl, Gerhard ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030897850     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78840-4     Document Type: Article

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