Green fluorescent protein changes the conductance of connexin 43 (Cx43) hemichannels reconstituted in planar lipid bilayers

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2877-2886

  Carnarius, Christian ^a   Kreir, Mohamed ^b   Krick, Marcel ^a   Methfessel, Christoph ^c   Moehrle, Volker ^c   Valerius, Oliver ^a   Brüggemann, Andrea ^b   Steinem, Claudia ^a   Fertig, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NANION TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE STATE; CONNEXIN 43; DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION CHANNELS; GIANT UNILAMELLAR VESICLES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEMICHANNELS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MAMMALIAN TISSUES; MEMBRANE FRACTION; OHMIC BEHAVIOR; PICHIA PASTORIS; PLANAR PATCH; SINGLE CHANNELS; SINGLE-LIPID BILAYERS;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MAMMALS; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

LIPID BILAYERS;

CONNEXIN 43; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MICE; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 84856068470     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.319871     Document Type: Article

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