Table 1.

Wild type and mutant Cx50 gap junction coupling

Oocyte injection		Gap junction coupling
Cell 1	Cell 2	Mean conductance† (μS)	n
Wild type Cx50	Wild type Cx50	15.77 (3.81)	10
Cx50D47N	Cx50D47N	0.073 (0.010)*	10
Wild type Cx50:Cx50D47N (1:1)	Wild type Cx50:Cx50D47N (1:1)	21.70 (4.00)	10
No connexin cRNA	No connexin cRNA	0.073 (0.011)*	5

^*p<0.01 as compared to wild type Cx50 by Student’s t-test

^†Values represent mean (SEM); n, number of cell pairs.

To facilitate comparison of the homotypic and heteromeric pair data, the amount of wild type Cx50 cRNA injected into each cell was held constant.