Low conductance gap junctions mediate specific electrical coupling in body-wall muscle cells of Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 281, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7881-7889

  Liu, Qiang ^a   Chen, Bojun ^a   Gaier, Eric ^a   Joshi, Jaya ^a   Wang, Zhao Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; IN SITU PROCESSING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; TISSUE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GAP JUNCTION PROTEINS; IN SITU ANALYSIS; MAMMALIAN HOMOLOGUES;

PROTEINS;

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNC 9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUPLING FACTOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; MUTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; MUTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646371721     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M512382200     Document Type: Article

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