A quantitative analysis of connexin-specific permeability differences of gap junctions expressed in HeLa transfectants and Xenopus oocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-43

  Cao, Fengli ^a   Eckert, Reiner ^b   Elfgang, Claudia ^c   Nitsche, Johannes M ^d   Snyder, Scott A ^a   Hülser, Dieter F ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^c   Nicholson, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Lucifer Yellow; Perm selectivity

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIONS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONNEXINS; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOQUINOLINES; KINETICS; MICE; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031975441     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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