Pannexin 1: The molecular substrate of astrocyte "hemichannels"

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 7092-7097

  Iglesias, Rodolfo ^a   Dahl, Gerhard ^b   Qiu, Feng ^b   Spray, David C ^a   Scemes, Eliana ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PANNEXIN 1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BENZENESULFONATES; CARBENOXOLONE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEFLOQUINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 66149173401     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6062-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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