Trans-dominant inhibition of connexin-43 by mutant connexin-26: Implications for dominant connexin disorders affecting epidermal differentiation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2105-2113

  Rouan, Fatima ^a   White, Thomas W ^b   Brown, Nkecha ^a   Taylor, Aileen M ^c   Lucke, Thomas W ^d   Paul, David L ^b   Munro, Colin S ^d   Ditto, Jouni ^a   Hodgins, Malcolm B ^e   Richard, Gabriela ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexins; Deafness; Epidermal differentiation; Gap junctions; Skin disorder

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SKIN; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PEDIGREE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034961003     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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