Monovalent cation permeation through the connexin40 gap junction channel: Cs, Rb, K, Na, Li, TEA, TMA, TBA, and effects of anions Br, Cl, F, Acetate, Aspartate, Glutamate, and NO3

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-522

  Beblo, Dolores A ^a   Veenstra, Richard D ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conductance; gap junctions; permeability; selectivity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BROMIDE; CESIUM; CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; LITHIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030976035     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.109.4.509     Document Type: Article

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