Calmodulin colocalizes with connexins and plays a direct role in gap junction channel gating

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 8, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 277-281

  Sotkis, Anna ^a   Wang, Xiao G ^a   Yasumura, Thomas ^b   Peracchia, Lillian L ^a   Persechini, Anthony ^c   Rash, John E ^b   Peracchia, Camillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Channel; Connexin; Fluorescent proteins; Gating; Immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CONNEXIN 32; FLUORESCENT DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CHANNEL GATING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FREEZE FRACTURE; FROZEN SECTION; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035757440     PISSN: 10615385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15419060109080737     Document Type: Article

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