Post-translational integration and oligomerization of connexin 26 in plasma membranes and evidence of formation of membrane pores: Implications for the assembly of gap junctions

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 365, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 693-699

  Ahmad, Shoeb ^a   Evans, W Howard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel assembly; Membrane integration; Protein trafficking

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; SIGNALING;

OLIGOMERIZATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE; GAP JUNCTION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CONNEXINS; DOGS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSOMES, LIVER; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 0036683707     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20011572     Document Type: Article

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