Projection structure of full length connexin 43 by electron cryo-crystallography

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 10, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 187-191

  Cheng, Anchi ^a   Schweissinger, Daniel ^a   Dawood, Farah ^a   Kumar, Nalin ^b   Yeager, Mark ^a,c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexons; Electron microscopy; Gap junctions; Image analysis; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DOCKING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON CRYO CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347756747     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/cac.10.4-6.187.191     Document Type: Article

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