Trafficking, assembly, and function of a connexin43-green fluorescent protein chimera in live mammalian cells

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2033-2050

  Jordan, Karen ^a   Solan, Joell L ^b   Dominguez, Michel ^c,e   Sia, Michael ^a   Hand, Art ^d   Lampe, Paul D ^b   Laird, Dale W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA DETERMINATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033012698     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.6.2033     Document Type: Article

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