Long-chain n-alkanols and arachidonic acid interfere with the V(m)-sensitive gating mechanism of gap junction channels

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 435, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 310-319

  Weingart, Robert ^a   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Chemical uncoupling; Insect gap junctions; Lipophilic agents; N Alkanols; Slow current transitions; V(m) sensitive gating

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; ARACHIDONIC ACID;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

1-OCTANOL; AEDES; ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CELL LINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPTANOL; HEXANOLS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS;

EID: 0031934688     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050517     Document Type: Article

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