CO2 sensitivity of voltage gating and gating polarity of gap junction channels - Connexin40 and its COOH-terminus-truncated mutant

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-113

  Peracchia, C ^a   Chen, J T ^a   Peracchia, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell communication; Channel gating; Chemical gating; CO2; Connexins; Gap junctions; Voltage gating; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONNEXIN 40; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; OOCYTES; SEQUENCE DELETION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4744371406     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-004-0697-4     Document Type: Article

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