Gating of cx46 gap junction hemichannels by calcium and voltage.

doi:10.1007/s004240050788

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Gating of cx46 gap junction hemichannels by calcium and voltage.

Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology - 1 Feb 1999

Pfahnl A, Dahl G

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Connexin 46 (cx46), when expressed in Xenopus oocytes, not only forms typical gap junction channels between paired cells but also forms open gap junction hemichannels in the plasma membrane of single cells. The gap junction hemichannels share properties with complete gap junction channels in term...

Topics

Animals
Calcium
Connexins
Cysteine
Female
Gap Junctions
Gene Expression
Ion Channel Gating
Ion Channels
Mutation
Oocytes
Xenopus

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