Molecular determinants of electrical rectification of single channel conductance in gap junctions formed by connexins 26 and 32

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-364

  Oh, Seunghoon ^a   Rubin, Joshua B ^a,b   Bennett, Michael V L ^a   Verselis, Vytas K ^a   Bargiello, Thaddeus A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical rectification; Gap junctions; Ion channel; Poisson Nernst Plank; Rectifying electrical synapses

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREDICTION;

EID: 0032888052     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.114.3.339     Document Type: Article

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