Gap junctional coupling in the vertebrate retina: Variations on one theme?

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-18

  Völgyi, Béla ^a,b   Kovács öller, Tamás ^b   Atlasz, Tamás ^a,b   Wilhelm, Márta ^b   Gábriel, Róbert ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Conductance; Connexin; Electrical synapse; Phylogenesis; Retina

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 31; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 38; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; CONNEXIN 55; CONNEXIN 56; CONNEXIN 57; CONNEXIN 59; CONNEXIN 62; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CONTACT; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAP JUNCTIONS; RETINA; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84876698585     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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