A dominant negative mutation of neuronal connexin 36 that blocks intercellular permeability

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 15-28

  Placantonakis, Dimitris ^a   Cicirata, Federico ^b   Welsh, John P ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Dominant negative; Dye transfer; Mutagenesis; Neuronal

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 36; DYE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONNEXINS; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENES, DOMINANT; GOLGI APPARATUS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037203839     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(01)00306-0     Document Type: Article

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