Drebrin is a novel connexin-43 binding partner that links gap junctions to the submembrane cytoskeleton

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 650-658

  Butkevich, Eugenia ^a,c   Hülsmann, Swen ^a,b   Wenzel, Dirk ^c   Shirao, Tomoaki ^d   Duden, Rainer ^e   Majoul, Irina ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Res Ctr Molec Physiol Brain   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DREBRINS; NEUROPEPTIDE; PRIMER DNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL JUNCTION; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOSKELETON; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROPEPTIDES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS;

EID: 1942445036     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.03.063     Document Type: Article

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