Functional expression of the murine connexin 36 gene coding for a neuron-specific gap junctional protein

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-262

  Teubner, B ^a   Degen, J ^a   Sohl G ^a   Guldenagel M ^a   Bukauskas, F F ^b   Trexler, E B ^b   Verselis, V K ^b   De Zeeuw, C I ^c   Lee, C G ^d,e   Kozak, C A ^d   Petrasch Parwez, E ^f   Dermietzel, R ^f   Willecke, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cx36; Electrical synapses; Gap junctions; Neuronal connexin; Transcriptional start site

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; GAP JUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTIN; BRAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONNEXINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ISOQUINOLINES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURIDAE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OOCYTES; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033843444     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002320001094     Document Type: Article

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