The role of a conserved proline residue in mediating conformational changes associated with voltage gating of Cx32 gap junctions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2887-2898

  Ri, Yi ^a   Ballesteros, Juan A ^b   Abrams, Charles K ^a   Oh, Seunghoon ^a   Verselis, Vytas K ^a   Weinstein, Harel ^b   Bargiello, Thaddeus A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GAP JUNCTION; HYDROGEN BOND; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033063884     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77444-8     Document Type: Article

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