Pannexins or connexins?

Connexins: A Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 287-301

  Dahl, Gerhard ^a   Harris, Andrew L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP release; Calcium wave; Connexin; Cx32; Cx38; Cx43; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Innexin; P2X7 receptor; P2Y receptor; Pannexin; Pannexon

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953182204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-489-6_12     Document Type: Chapter

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