H+ ion activation and inactivation of the ventricular gap junction: A basis for spatial regulation of intracellular pH

Circulation Research

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1045-1054

  Swietach, Pawel ^a   Rossini, Alessandra ^a   Spitzer, Kenneth W ^b   Vaughan Jones, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Gap junction channel; Intracellular pH; Ventricular myocytes

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTON; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SARCOLEMMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BENZOPYRANS; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; PERMEABILITY; PROTONS; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247105437     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000264071.11619.47     Document Type: Article

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