Exchange of gating properties between rat Cx46 and chicken Cx45.6

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2397-2406

  Tong, Jun Jie ^a   Liu, Xiaoqin ^a   Dong, Lixian ^a   Ebihara, Lisa ^a,b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 46; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 45.6, ZEBRAFISH; CX46 PROTEIN, RAT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; CHIMERA; CONDUCTANCE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; STEADY STATE; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; NEUROBLASTOMA; OOCYTES; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 16644385797     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.039594     Document Type: Article

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