Connexin32 mutations associated with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease show two distinct behaviors: Loss of function and altered gating properties

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4063-4075

  Ressot, Catherine ^a,b   Gomès, Danielle ^a   Dautigny, André ^b   Pham Dinh, Danielle ^b   Bruzzone, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Channel; Gap junction; Myelin; Neuropathy; Peripheral nervous system; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHANNEL GATING; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SCHWANN CELL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0032100768     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04063.1998     Document Type: Article

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