Evolution of gap junction proteins - The pannexin alternative

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1415-1419

  Panchin, Yuri V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Innexin; OPU; Pannexin

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PANX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 18944394972     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01547     Document Type: Review

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