Atrial fibrillation-linked germline GJA5/connexin40 mutants showed an increased hemichannel function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sun, Yiguo ^a   Hills, Matthew D ^a   Ye, Willy G ^a   Tong, Xiaoling ^a   Bai, Donglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 40; FLUFENAMIC ACID; MEFLOQUINE; PROBENECID; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; CALCIUM; DIVALENT CATION; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GERMLINE MUTATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM; CARBENOXOLONE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GERM CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROPIDIUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898874890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095125     Document Type: Article

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