Role of the N-terminus in permeability of chicken connexin45.6 gap junctional channels

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 576, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 787-799

  Dong, Lixian ^a   Liu, Xiaoqin ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Vertel, Barbara M ^a   Ebihara, Lisa ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; LUCIFER YELLOW; CONNEXIN45.6; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; GAP JUNCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL TRANSFER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABLE TRANSFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHICKENS; CHIMERA; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ISOQUINOLINES; MATHEMATICS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33750407948     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.113837     Document Type: Article

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