Cloning and functional expression of a novel gap junction channel from the retina of Danio aquipinnatus

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1137-1144

  Wagner, T L E ^a   Beyer, E G ^b   McMahon, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Electrical synapse; Eye; Fish; Visual system

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DANIO AQUIPINNATUS; DNA ISOLATION; ELECTRICAL COUPLING; GAP JUNCTION CHANNEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RNA BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0032213151     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898156146     Document Type: Article

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