Regulation of gap junctions by tyrosine protein kinases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1662, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-95

  Warn Cramer, Bonnie J ^a   Lau, Alan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; EGF receptor; Gap junction; MAP kinase; Src; Tyrosine protein kinase

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; ENZYME REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 1642321958     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.10.018     Document Type: Review

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