Single channel behavior of recombinant beta 2 gap junction connexons reconstituted into planar lipid bilayers.

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Published in Biophys J on May 01, 1995

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L K Buehler1, K A Stauffer, N B Gilula, N M Kumar

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1: Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

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