Altered formation of hemichannels and gap junction channels caused by C- terminal connexin-32 mutations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3752-3760

  Castro, Carmen ^a   Gómez Hernandez, Juan M ^a   Silander, Kaisa ^b   Barrio, Luis C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction channel formation; Hereditary motor sensory neuropathy; Voltage gating; X linked Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0344171987     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-10-03752.1999     Document Type: Article

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