Electrophysiology of Single and Aggregate Cx43 Hemichannels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Brokamp, Cole ^a   Todd, Jacob ^a   Montemagno, Carlo ^a   Wendell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 43; HEPTANOL; LANTHANUM; LINDANE; PROTEOLIPOSOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CARBENOXOLONE; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPTANOL; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84868092916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047775     Document Type: Article

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