Chapter 13: Behavior of Chemical and Slow Voltage-Sensitive Gates of Connexin Channels: The "Cork" Gating Hypothesis

Current Topics in Membranes and Transport

Volumn 49, Issue C, 1999, Pages

  Peracchia, Camillo ^a   Wang, Xiao G ^a   Peracchia, Lillian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

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EID: 77956659539     PISSN: 00702161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2161(08)61017-5     Document Type: Article

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