A carboxyl terminal domain of connexin43 is critical for gap junction plaque formation but not for homo- or hetero-oligomerization

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 10, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Martínez, Agustín D ^a   Hayrapetyan, Volodya ^b   Moreno, Alonso P ^b   Beyer, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexon; Heteromeric channels; Homomeric channels

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCENT DYE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION;

HOMO;

EID: 0347126477     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/cac.10.4-6.323.328     Document Type: Article

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