Phosphorylation of connexin43 and the regulation of neonatal rat cardiac myocyte gap junctions

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2131-2145

  Sáez, Juan C ^a,b   Nairn, Angus C ^c   Czernik, Andrew J ^c   Fishman, Glenn I ^b   Spray, David C ^b   Hertzberg, Elliot L ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercellular communication; Phorbol esters; Phosphoamino acid; Second messengers; Staurosporine

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHOSPHOPEPTIDE; PHOSPHORUS 32; PROTEIN KINASE C; STAUROSPORINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031214196     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1997.0447     Document Type: Article

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