Phosphorylation of connexin in functional regulation of the cardiac gap junction

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-164

  Imanaga, Issei ^a   Hai, Lin ^a   Ogawa, Koichi ^a   Matsumura, Ken ^a   Mayama, Takashi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac gap junction; Connexin 43; PKA mediated phosphorylation; PKC mediated phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTON;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 10044219505     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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