Connexins: Gaps in our knowledge of vascular function

Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 277-284

  Figueroa, Xavier F ^a   Isakson, Brant E ^a   Duling, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GAP JUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM METABOLISM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

EID: 8144225088     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00008.2004     Document Type: Review

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