Structure and closure of connexin gap junction channels

FEBS Letters

Volumn 588, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1230-1237

  Oshima, Atsunori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin; Electron microscopy; Function; Gating; Structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTION; GATING; STRUCTURE; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84898914264     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.01.042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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