A stochastic four-state model of contingent gating of gap junction channels containing two "fast" gates sensitive to transjunctional voltage

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3936-3948

  Paulauskas, Nerijus ^a,b   Pranevicius, Mindaugas ^a   Pranevicius, Henrikas ^b   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFER; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; POROSITY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POROSITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650501891     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.059     Document Type: Article

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