Monovalent ion selectivity sequences of the rat connexin43 gap junction channel

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 491-507

  Wang, Hong Zhan ^a   Veenstra, Richard D ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conductance ratio; Eisenman series; hydrodynamic equation; permeability; raffinose

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BROMIDE; CESIUM; CHLORIDE; CONNEXIN 43; GLUTAMIC ACID; LITHIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; CONNEXIN 43; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030986975     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.109.4.491     Document Type: Article

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