Assembly of heteromeric connexons in guinea-pig liver en route to the Golgi apparatus, plasma membrane and gap junctions

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 142-148

  Diez, Juan A ^a   Ahmad, Shoeb ^a   Evans, W Howard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cell communication; Connexins; Gap junctions; Intracellular trafficking routes; Secretory pathway

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; GUINEA PIG; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GOLGI APPARATUS; GUINEA PIGS; LIVER; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0033563283     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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