Monovalent Cation Permeation through the Connexin40 Gap Junction Channel
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Monovalent Cation Permeation through the Connexin40 Gap Junction Channel
The unitary conductances and permeability sequences of the rat connexin40 (rCx40) gap junction channels to seven monovalent cations and anions were studied in rCx40-transfected neuroblastoma 2A (N2A) cell pairs using the dual whole cell recording technique. Chloride salt cation substitutions (115 mM principal salt) resulted in the following junctional maximal single channel current-voltage rela...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Physiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0022-1295,1540-7748
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.109.4.509