A mitosis-specific phosphorylation of the gap junction protein connexin43 in human vascular cells: Biochemical characterization and localization

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-210

  Xie, Han Qing ^a,d   Laird, Dale W ^b   Chang, Tsg Hui ^a   Hu, Valerie W ^a,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CONNEXIN 43; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MITOSIS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; SERINE; THREONINE; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0030944270     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.1.203     Document Type: Article

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