Defective trafficking and cell death is characteristic of skin disease-associated connexin 31 mutations

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2005-2014

  Di, Wei Li ^a   Monypenny, James ^b   Common, John E A ^a   Kennedy, Cameron T C ^c   Holland, Katalin A ^a   Leigh, Irene M ^a   Rugg, Elizabeth L ^a   Zicha, Daniel ^b   Kelsell, David P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 31; DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GJB3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MICROINJECTION; MUTATION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; KERATOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BIOPSY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; FIBROBLASTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATOSIS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0037101843     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/11.17.2005     Document Type: Article

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