The molecular basis of selective permeability of connexins is complex and includes both size and charge

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 369-378

  Nicholson, B J ^a   Weber, P A ^a   Cao, F ^a,d   Chang, H C ^b   Lampe, P ^c   Goldberg, G ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Channel selectivity; Gap junctions; Intercellular channels; Permeability

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SIZE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SIZE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS;

EID: 0034167601     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2000000400002     Document Type: Article

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