Gap junction proteins are not interchangeable in development of neural function in the Drosophila visual system

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3379-3388

  Curtin, Kathyrn D ^a   Zhang, Zhan ^a   Wyman, Robert J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical synapses; Gap junctions; Innexins

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; INVERTEBRATE; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA CELL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CONNEXINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGHT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036712811     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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