Specific amino-acid residues in the N-terminus and TM3 implicated in channel function and oligomerization compatibility of connexin43

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3189-3201

  Largrée, Valerie ^a,c   Brunschwig, Karin ^a,d   Lopez, Patricia ^a   Gilula, Norton B ^a   Richard, Gabriele ^b   Falk, Matthias M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connexin subunit assembly; Gap junction; Gap junction diseases; Green flourescent protein; Membrane channels; Oligomeric proteins

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042386448     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00604     Document Type: Review

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