Hindered diffusion through an aqueous pore describes invariant dye selectivity of Cx43 junctions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 840-854

  Heyman, Nathanael S ^a,b   Burt, Janis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DYE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIFFUSION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN;

ALEXA;

EID: 38549177905     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115634     Document Type: Article

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