The permeability of gap junction channels to probes of different size is dependent on connexin composition and permeant-pore affinities

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 958-973

  Weber, Paul A ^a   Chang, Hou Chien ^b   Spaeth, Kris E ^c   Nitsche, Johannes M ^b   Nicholson, Bruce J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; XENOPUS;

ALEXA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942485065     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.036350     Document Type: Article

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