Selective inhibition of gap junction channel activity by synthetic peptides

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 516, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 679-685

  Kwak, Brenda R ^a,b   Jongsma, Habo J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; DYE; PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLASPARTYLTHREONYLLEUCYLHISTIDYLVALYLCYSTEINYLARGINYLARGINYLSERYLPROLYLCYSTEINYLPROLYLHISTIDYLPROLINE; SERYLALANYLGLUTAMYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLMETHIONYLGLYCYLGLUTAMINE; SERYLLEUCYLSERYLALANYLVALYLTYROSYLTHREONYLCYSTEINYLLYSYLARGINYLASPARTYLPROLYLCYSTEINYLPROLYLHISTIDYLGLUTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; A7R5 CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONDUCTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WHOLE CELL VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS;

EID: 0033135290     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0679u.x     Document Type: Article

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