Correlative studies of gating in Cx46 and Cx50 hemichannels and gap junction channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1725-1739

  Srinivas, Miduturu ^a   Kronengold, Jack ^b   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^b   Bargiello, Thaddeus A ^b   Verselis, Vytas K ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; ZINC ION; CALCIUM; CX46 PROTEIN, RAT; EYE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; ION CURRENT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; STATISTICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 20444397467     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.054023     Document Type: Article

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