Regulation of gap junctional charge selectivity in cells coexpressing connexin 40 and connexin 43

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Heyman, Nathanael S ^a   Kurjiaka, David T ^a   Ek Vitorin, Jose F ^a   Burt, Janis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxy terminal domain; Heteromeric channel; Homomeric channel; PKC dependent regulation

Indexed keywords

ALEXA 350; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; DYE; N,N,N TRIMETHYL 2 [METHYL (7 NITRO 2,1,3 BENZOXADIOL 4 YL)AMINO]ETHANAMINIUM; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; KINETICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 67650095199     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00287.2009     Document Type: Article

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