Gap junctional hemichannels in the heart

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-31

  John, Scott ^a   Cesario, D ^a   Weiss, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Connexons; Gap junctions; Hemichannels

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 46; DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OLEAMIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASSAY; ASTROCYTE; CATFISH; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY CELL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SALT LOADING; SARCOLEMMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

CALCIUM; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MUSCLE CELLS;

EID: 0041831300     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01197.x     Document Type: Review

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