Phosphorylation of connexin43 on serine368 by protein kinase C regulates gap junctional communication

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1503-1512

  Lampe, Paul D ^a   TenBroek, Erica M ^b   Burt, Janis M ^c   Kurata, Wendy E ^d   Johnson, Ross G ^b   Lau, Alan F ^d  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Connexins; Gap junctions; Phosphorylation; Tumor promoter

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN KINASE C; SERINE; TUMOR PROMOTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SERINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034717680     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.7.1503     Document Type: Article

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