Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes show characteristics of nonhomotypic gap junction channels

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-25

  Schulte, Jan Sebastian ^a   Scheffler, Anja ^b   Rojas Gomez, Diana ^b   Mohr, F W ^b   Dhein, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Gap junctions; Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes; Transfected HeLa cells

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 48449084798     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15419060802014404     Document Type: Article

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