The 3.5 ångström X-ray structure of the human connexin26 gap junction channel is unlikely that of a fully open channel

Cell Communication and Signaling

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zonta, Francesco ^a,b   Polles, Guido ^c   Sanasi, Maria Federica ^a   Bortolozzi, Mario ^a,b   Mammano, Fabio ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcein; Connexin26; Dual patch clamp; Fluorescence imaging; Model; Potential of mean force; Transition rate; Umbrella sampling

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 84887615183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1478811X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-811X-11-15     Document Type: Article

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