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Modifications in the biophysical properties of connexin43 channels by a peptide of the cytoplasmic loop region.
Circulation research - 20 Aug 2004
Seki Akiko, Duffy Heather S, Coombs Wanda, Spray David C, Taffet Steven M, Delmar Mario
Abstract excerpt
Connexin43 (Cx43) channels reside in at least 3 states: closed, open, or residual. It is hypothesized that the residual state results from the interaction of an intracellular "gating element" with structures at the vestibule of the pore. Recently, we showed in vitro that there is an intramolecular interaction of the carboxyl-terminal domain (referred to as "CT") with a region in the cytoplasmic loop of Cx43...
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