Chapter 5: Ion Permeation Through Connexin Gap Junction Channels: Effects on Conductance and Selectivity

Current Topics in Membranes and Transport

Volumn 49, Issue C, 1999, Pages 95-129

  Veenstra, Richard D ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956704527     PISSN: 00702161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2161(08)61009-6     Document Type: Article

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