Modulation of junctional communication by phosphorylation: Protein phosphatases, the missing link in the chain

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 94, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 423-432

  Hervé, Jean Claude ^a   Sarrouilhe, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junctions; Partner protiens; Protien phosphatases

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

CATALYSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036872993     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(02)00017-5     Document Type: Review

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