Properties of connexin26 hemichannels expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 647-665

  Ripps, Harris ^a   Qian, Haohua ^a   Zakevicius, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; carbenoxolone; connexin26; connexons; gap junctions; hemichannels; membrane currents; NPPB; pH; quinine; retinal horizontal cells

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CONNEXIN 26; QUININE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL PH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMICHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; QUININE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; CINCHONA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4043100299     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CEMN.0000036403.43484.3d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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