Influence of V5/6-His tag on the properties of gap junction channels composed of connexin43, connexin40 or connexin45

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Desplantez, Thomas ^a,b   Halliday, Deborah ^b   Dupont, Emmanuel ^b,c   Severs, Nicholas J ^b   Weingart, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin; Electrophysiology; Fusion protein; Gap junction; Immunocytochemistry; V5 6 His tag

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; POLYHISTIDINE TAG;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79953702512     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-011-9352-z     Document Type: Article

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