Diversity and properties of connexin gap junction channels;Plyšinių jungčių įvairovė ir savybės

Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Račkauskas, Mindaugas ^a   Neverauskas, Vaidas ^a   Skeberdis, Vytenis Arvydas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Connexins; Connexons; Function; Gap junction channels; Structure

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; SKIN;

EID: 77953058721     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina46010001     Document Type: Review

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