Functional characteristics of skate connexin35, a member of the γ subfamily of connexins expressed in the vertebrate retina

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1883-1890

  White, Thomas W ^a   Deans, Michael R ^a   O'Brien, John ^b   Al Ubaidi, Muayyad R ^b   Goodenough, Daniel A ^a   Ripps, Harris ^b   Bruzzone, Roberto ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Neuron; Oocyte; Quinine; Voltage

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 35; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; QUININE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FISH; GAP JUNCTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; RODENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033009274     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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