Hetero-domain interactions as a mechanism for the regulation of connexin channels

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1144-1155

  Stergiopoulos, Kathleen ^a   Alvarado, José Luis ^a   Mastroianni, Marta ^a   Ek Vitorin, José F ^a   Taffet, Steven M ^a   Delmar, Mario ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Hetero domain interaction; Insulin; pH, regulation; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INSULIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033612181     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.10.1144     Document Type: Article

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