Connections between connexins, calcium, and cataracts in the lens

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-300

  Gao, Junyuan ^a   Sun, Xiurong ^a   Martinez Wittinghan, Francisco J ^a   Gong, Xiaohua ^b   White, Thomas W ^a   Mathias, Richard T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin knockin; Connexin knockout; Coupling conductance; Gap junctions; Intracellular calcium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALPAIN; FURA 2; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CATARACT; CELL CONTACT; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CATARACT; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 5144231109     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409121     Document Type: Article

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