Calmodulin-Connexin Partnership in Gap Junction Channel Regulation-Calmodulin-Cork Gating Model
In the past four decades numerous findings have indicated that gap junction channel gating is mediated by intracellular calcium concentrations ([Ca<sup>2+</sup><sub>i</sub>]) in the high nanomolar range via calmodulin (CaM). We have proposed a CaM-based gating model based on...
Main Authors: | Camillo Peracchia, Lillian Mae Leverone Peracchia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/23/13055 |
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