Connexin40 and connexin43 determine gating properties of atrial gap junction channels

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 238-245

  Lin, Xianming ^a   Gemel, Joanna ^b   Glass, Aaron ^a   Zemlin, Christian W ^a   Beyer, Eric C ^b   Veenstra, Richard D ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Connexin40; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Spermine; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART ATRIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNELS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMINE;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 73049105161     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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