Connexin 35: A gap-junctional protein expressed preferentially in the skate retina

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-243

  O'Brien, John ^a   Al Ubaidi, Muayyad R ^a   Ripps, Harris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL JUNCTION; DNA LIBRARY; ELECTRIC FISH; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETINA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0030022029     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.2.233     Document Type: Article

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