Diversity in protein-protein interactions of connexins: Emerging roles

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1662, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 22-41

  Hervé, Jean Claude ^a   Bourmeyster, Nicolas ^b   Sarrouilhe, Denis ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UPRES EA 2622   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Channel assembly; Channel gating; Gap junction; Intracellular trafficking

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CLAUDIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

BIODIVERSITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 1642312139     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.10.022     Document Type: Review

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