Activation, permeability, and inhibition of astrocytic and neuronal large pore (Hemi)channels

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 26058-26073

  Hansen, Daniel Bloch ^a   Ye, Zu Cheng ^b   Calloe, Kirstine ^a   Braunstein, Thomas Hartig ^c   Hofgaard, Johannes Pauli ^c   Ransom, Bruce R ^b   Nielsen, Morten Schak ^c   MacAulay, Nanna ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOFORMS; LARGE PORES; OVEREXPRESSION SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES; SPECIFIC PERMEABILITY; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BRILLIANT BLUE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; GADOLINIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PANEXIN 1; PANEXIN 2; PURINERGIC P2X7 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GAP JUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BENZENESULFONATES; CARBENOXOLONE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONNEXIN 43; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; GADOLINIUM; GAP JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OOCYTES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X7; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84907200743     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.582155     Document Type: Article

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