Voltage-gating mechanisms of connexin channels

Connexins: A Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 103-128

  Bargiello, Thaddeus ^a   Brink, Peter ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx26; Cx31.9; Cx32; Cx37; Cx43; Cx46; Cx50; Voltage sensors; Voltage gating

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749134986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-489-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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