The electrical behaviour of rat connexin46 gap junction channels expressed in transfected HeLa cells

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 446, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 714-727

  Sakai, Rieko ^a,b   Elfgang, Claudia ^c   Vogel, Rolf ^d   Willecke, Klaus ^c   Weingart, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conductance; Connexin46; Electrical properties; Gap junction; Kinetics; Lens

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 46; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR SIZE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0141706350     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1129-5     Document Type: Article

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