Regulation of connexons composed of human connexin26 (hCx26) by temperature

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1778, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1206-1212

  Steffens, Melanie ^a   Göpel, Friederike ^b   Ngezahayo, Anaclet ^a   Zeilinger, Carsten ^a   Ernst, Arne ^b   Kolb, Hans Albert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UKB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin26; Connexon; Electrophysiology; Folding; Gap junction; Recombinant connexon; Temperature; Voltage

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXON; LIPOSOME; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 43049097094     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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