Chemical gating of connexin channels

Connexins: A Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-142

  Lewandowski, Rebecca ^a   Shibayama, Junko ^a   Oxford, Eva M ^a   Joshi Mukherjee, Rosy ^a   Coombs, Wanda ^a   Sorgen, Paul L ^b   Taffet, Steven M ^a   Delmar, Mario ^c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification induced uncoupling; Cx26; Cx32; Cx40; Cx43; Cx45; Cx46; Cx50; Particle receptor model; pH gating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861647072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-489-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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