Contribution of Intracellular Calcium and pH in Ischemic Uncoupling of Cardiac Gap Junction Channels Formed of Connexins 43, 40, and 45: A Critical Function of C-Terminal Domain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Sahu, Giriraj ^a   Bera, Amal Kanti ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL PH; CELL SIZE; CHANNEL GATING; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; ISCHEMIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS;

EID: 84875415428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060506     Document Type: Article

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