The effects of connexin phosphorylation on gap junctional communication

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1171-1186

  Lampe, Paul D ^a   Lau, Alan F ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

12 O tetradeconylphorbol 13 acetate; cAMP dependent protein kinase; Casein kinase 1; CK1; Connexin; Cx; FSH; MAPK; Mitogen activated protein kinase; PKA; PKC; PP; Protein kinase C; Protein phosphatase; TPA; Vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CASEIN KINASE I; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIN B; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE P60; SERINE; TYROSINE;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CHANNEL GATING; DIFFUSION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942470517     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(03)00264-4     Document Type: Review

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