Insights on the mechanisms of Ca2+ regulation of connexin26 hemichannels revealed by human pathogenic mutations (D50N/Y)

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-45

  Lopez, William ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Harris, Andrew L ^a   Contreras, Jorge E ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 26; CYSTEINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; XENOPUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CONNEXINS; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; XENOPUS;

EID: 84880000898     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210893     Document Type: Article

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