Functional formation of heterotypic gap junction channels by connexins-40 and -43

Channels

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 433-443

  Lin, Xianming ^a,b,c   Xu, Qin ^a,b,c   Veenstra, Richard D ^a,b,c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin40; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Heterotypic; Spermine; Transjunctional voltage gating

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; ION CHANNEL; MUTANT PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; SPERMINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHANNEL GATING; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; RAT; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; KINETICS; MICE; RATS; SPERMINE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84926623352     PISSN: 19336950     EISSN: 19336969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/19336950.2014.949188     Document Type: Article

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