Structure of cardiac gap junction intercellular channels

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-245

  Yeager, Mark ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexins; Cryocrystallography; Crystallization; Electron microscopy; Gap junctions; Image analysis; Intercellular communication

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT;

EID: 0031830342     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3972     Document Type: Article

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