Voltage-dependent gating of the C×32*43E1 hemichannel: Conformational changes at the channel entrances

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-259

  Kwon, Taekyung ^a   Tang, Qingxiu ^a   Bargiello, Thaddeus A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84874742226     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210839     Document Type: Article

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