
A new window into large-pore channels
Author(s) -
Ben Short
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of general physiology/the journal of general physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.064
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1540-7748
pISSN - 0022-1295
DOI - 10.1085/jgp.202012775
Subject(s) - window (computing) , biophysics , chemistry , connexin , electrophysiology , fluorescence , nanotechnology , materials science , gap junction , physics , neuroscience , optics , biology , computer science , biochemistry , intracellular , operating system
JGP study describes a novel quantitative assay combining fluorescence microscopy and electrophysiology, which reveals that transport of small molecules through CALHM1 and connexin channels is saturable.