Modulation of perch connexin35 hemi-channels by cyclic AMP requires a protein kinase a phosphorylation site

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-157

  Mitropoulou, Georgia ^a   Bruzzone, Roberto ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical synapse; Gap junction; Neuron; Oocyte; Retina

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CONNEXIN 35; CONNEXIN 36; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FISH; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PERCH; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXINS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; OOCYTES; PERCHES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETINA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKATES (FISH); XENOPUS;

EID: 0037445916     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10572     Document Type: Article

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