Structure of gap junction intercellular channels

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-192

  Yeager, Mark ^a   Nicholson, Bruce J ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029932193     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80073-X     Document Type: Article

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