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Pharmacological characterization of pannexin-1 currents expressed in mammalian cells.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Feb 2009
Ma Weihong, Hui Hui, Pelegrin Pablo, Surprenant Annmarie
Abstract excerpt
Pannexin (Panx) 1 is a widely expressed protein that shares structural, but not amino acid, homology with gap junction proteins, the connexins. Panx1 does not form gap junctions in mammalian cells, but it may function as a plasma membrane hemichannel. Little is known of the pharmacological proper...
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