Stoichiometry of transjunctional voltage-gating polarity reversal by a negative charge substitution in the amino terminus of a connexin32 chimera

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-31

  Oh, Seunghoon ^a   Abrams, Charles K ^a   Verselis, Vytas K ^a   Bargiello, Thaddeus A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar gating; Gap junction; Gating mechanisms; Ion channels; Voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONNEXIN 32; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHIMERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; RNA SYNTHESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033909785     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.116.1.13     Document Type: Article

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