Functional and morphological correlates of connexin50 expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 507-523

  Zampighi, Guido A ^a,b   Loo, Donald D F ^a   Kreman, Michael ^a   Eskandari, Sepehr ^a   Wright, Ernest M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexins; Endocytosis; Exocytosis; Gap junctions; Hemichannels

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INVAGINATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE PROTEINS; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; PARTICLE SIZE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEROXIDASES; TISSUE FIXATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032903938     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.4.507     Document Type: Article

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