Cardiac gap junction channels show quantitative differences in selectivity

Circulation Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 104-111

  Valiunas, Virginijus ^a,c   Beyer, Eric C ^b   Brink, Peter R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Connexin40; Connexin43; Electrophysiology; Gap junction; Permselectivity

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECOND MESSENGER;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ISOQUINOLINES; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0037178757     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000025638.24255.AA     Document Type: Article

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