Cloning and expression of two related connexins from the perch retina define a distinct subgroup of the connexin family

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 7625-7637

  O'Brien, John ^a   Bruzzone, Roberto ^b   White, Thomas W ^c   Al Ubaidi, Muayyad R ^a   Ripps, Harris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Channels; Cloning; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Neurons; Oocytes; Retinal connexins; connexin subgroup

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELEOST;

EID: 0032190086     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-19-07625.1998     Document Type: Article

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