Polyvalent cations constitute the voltage gating particle in human connexin37 hemichannels

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 587-603

  Puljung, Michael C ^a,b   Berthoud, Viviana M ^a   Beyer, Eric C ^a   Hanck, Dorothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MC6094 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical gating; Divalent cation; Gap junction; Gating mechanism; Voltage dependent block

Indexed keywords

CATION; CHEMICAL AGENT; CONNEXIN 37;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; REPOLARIZATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNEXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; POLYAMINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 8644220461     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409023     Document Type: Article

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