Glutathione release through connexin hemichannels: Implications for chemical modification of pores permeable to large molecules

The cytosolic reducing agent glutathione can reverse thiol modification of cysteine residues inside the pores of connexins and other channels permeable to large molecules.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  The Journal of General Physiology

• Publication date

  2015-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1085/jgp.201511375PMID 26324677PMCID 4555470
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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