Functional roles of the amino terminal domain in determining biophysical properties of Cx50 gap junction channels

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 DEC, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Xin, Li ^a   Bai, Donglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cx50; Dual whole cell patch clamp; Gap junction channel; Single channel conductance; Vj gating

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 50; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CHIMERA; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84891693309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00373     Document Type: Review

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