The gating effect of calmodulin and calcium on the connexin50 hemichannel

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 595-601

  Zhang, Xianrong ^a   Zou, Tingting ^a   Liu, Yingle ^a   Qi, Yipeng ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; Connexin50; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; CONNEXIN 50; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CHELATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MEMBRANE CURRENT; PATCH CLAMP; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33746080847     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2006.076     Document Type: Article

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