Gating of cx46 gap junction hemichannels by calcium and voltage

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-353

  Pfahnl, Arnold ^a   Dahl, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Channel; Connexin; Cysteine; Gap junction; Gating; Lens; Maleimide

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MALEIMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CATARACT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GAP JUNCTION; LENS; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CONNEXINS; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032913131     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050788     Document Type: Article

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