Molecular Basis of Gap Junctional Communication in the CNS of the Leech Hirudo medicinalis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 886-894

  Dykes, Iain M ^a,b   Freeman, Fiona M ^a,c   Bacon, Jonathan P ^a   Davies, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin; Electrical synapse; Gap junction; Hirudo medicinalis; Innexin; Leech; Neuronal glial communication; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INNEXIN; ION CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; INVERTEBRATE; LEECH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNEXINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XENOPUS;

EID: 0742322855     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3676-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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