Electron cryo-crystallography of a recombinant cardiac gap junction channel

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 219, Issue , 1999, Pages 22-37

  Unger, Vinzenz M ^c   Kumar, Nalin M ^a   Gilula, Norton B ^a   Yeager, Mark ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CRICETINAE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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