Accessibility of cx46 Hemichannels for Uncharged Molecules and Its Modulation by Voltage

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1502-1509

  Qu, Yang ^a   Dahl, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GLUCOSE; MACROGOL 200; MACROGOL 400; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMER; SORBITOL; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PROBABILITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1542285337     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74218-6     Document Type: Article

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