Incorporation of connexins into plasma membranes and gap junctions

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 378-387

  Martin, Patricia E M ^a,b   Evans, W Howard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin chimeric proteins; Connexins; Trafficking pathways

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONDUCTANCE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 1942438659     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.016     Document Type: Review

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