Regulation of Pannexin 1 Channels by ATP
Pannexins represent a recently discovered second family of gap junction proteins in vertebrates. However, instead of forming intercellular gap junction channels like connexins, pannexins operate as unpaired pannexons, allowing the flux of molecules from the cytoplasm to the extracellular space and v...
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Scholarly Repository
2010
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Online Access: | http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/394 |