Molecular cloning and functional expression of human connexin37, an endothelial cell gap junction protein

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 997-1004

  Reed, Karen E ^a   Westphale, Eileen M ^a   Larson, David M ^b   Wang, Hong Zahn ^c   Veenstra, Richard D ^c   Beyer, Eric C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Endothelium; Gap junction; Intercellular communication; Ion channel

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HEPTANOL; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATCH CLAMP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNEXINS; DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE LIBRARY; HEPTANOL; HUMAN; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0027409355     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI116321     Document Type: Article

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