Connexin26 deafness associated mutations show altered permeability to large cationic molecules

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Meşe, Gülistan ^a   Valiunas, Virginijus ^a   Brink, Peter R ^a   White, Thomas W ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel; Cochlear homeostasis; Ethidium bromide; Lucifer yellow; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ANION; ASPARTIC ACID; CATION; CONNEXIN 26; CYCLIC AMP; DYE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MUTANT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; COCHLEA; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION PERMEABILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL; WILD TYPE;

CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; CYCLIC AMP; DEAFNESS; ETHIDIUM; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ISOQUINOLINES; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 57049158204     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00008.2008     Document Type: Article

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