Single-channel SCAM identifies pore-lining residues in the first extracellular loop and first transmembrane domains of Cx46 hemichannels.

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Published in J Gen Physiol on September 15, 2003

Authors

J Kronengold1, E B Trexler, F F Bukauskas, T A Bargiello, V K Verselis

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1: Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, New York, NY 10461, USA.

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