Pathways for degradation of connexins and gap junctions

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 256-267

  Berthoud, Viviana M ^a   Minogue, Peter J ^a   Laing, James G ^b   Beyer, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Half life; Intercellular communication; Lysosome; Proteasome

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 1942438946     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.12.021     Document Type: Review

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