Functional properties of channels formed by the neuronal gap junction protein connexin36

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 9848-9855

  Srinivas, Midituru ^a   Rozental, Renato ^a,b   Kojima, Takashi ^a   Dermietzel, Rolf ^c   Mehler, Mark ^a,b   Condorelli, Daniele F ^d   Kessler, John A ^a,b   Spray, David C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connexin; Cx36; Electrical coupling; Electrotonic synapse; Gap junction; Hippocampus; Single channels; Transfection; Voltage sensitivity

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER;

EID: 0033571901     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-22-09848.1999     Document Type: Article

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