Hunting for connexin hemichannels

FEBS Letters

Volumn 588, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1205-1211

  Sáez, Juan C ^a,c   Leybaert, Luc ^b,c  

^a Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso   (Chile)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

ATP release; Dye uptake; Hemichannel block; Mimetic peptide; Unitary conductance

Indexed keywords

ATP RELEASE; DYE UPTAKE; HEMICHANNEL BLOCK; MIMETIC PEPTIDE; UNITARY CONDUCTANCE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X;

EID: 84898894877     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.03.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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