Alonso Moreno, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
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Office: |
(801)587-5845 |
Office Address:
The Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute
95 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000
Education and Training:
Education: B.S., Biology, National School of Biological Sciences, IPN, Mexico; Ph.D., Physiology and Biophysics, Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), IPN, Mexico
Faculty Position: Professor of Medicine, University of Utah
Research Interests:
- Molecular and biophysical properties of gap junctions.
Link to Dr. Moreno's lab
Recent Publications:
Moreno AP, Lau AF. Gap junction channel gating modulated through protein phosphorylation. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2007;94:107-119
Sachse FB, Moreno AP, Abildskov JA. Electrophysiological modeling of fibroblasts and their interaction with myocytes. Paper presented at International Gap Junctions, 2007
Moreno AP, del Corsso C, Srinivas M, et al. Transfection of mammalian cells with connexins and measurement of voltage sensitivity of their gap junctions. Nat Protoc. 2006;1(4):1799-1809
Moreno AP, . Connexin phosphorylation as a regulatory event linked to channel gating. Biochim Bioiphys Acta. 2005;1711(2):164-171
Moreno AP, . Biophysical properties of gap junction channels formed by mouse connexin40 in induced pairs of transfected human HeLa cells. Cardiovasc Res. 2004;62(2):276-286
Fishman GI, Moreno AP, Spray DC, et al.. Functional analysis of human cardiac gap junction channel mutants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991;88(9):3525-3529
