Targeting motifs and functional parameters governing the assembly of connexins into gap junctions

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 281-287

  Martin, Patricia E M ^a   Steggles, James ^a   Wilson, Claire ^a   Ahmad, Shoeb ^a   Evans, W Howard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimera; Connexin assembly; Green fluorescent protein; Targeting motifs

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GAP JUNCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; COS CELLS; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034234655     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3490281     Document Type: Article

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