The carboxyl terminal residues 220-283 are not required for voltage gating of a chimeric connexin32 hemichannel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1376-1382

  Kwon, Taekyung ^a   Dowd, Terry L ^b   Bargiello, Thaddeus A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84884310548     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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