Intercellular communication: The Drosophila innexin multiprotein family of gap junction proteins

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 515-526

  Bauer, Reinhard ^a   Löer, Birgit ^a   Ostrowski, Katinka ^a   Martini, Julia ^a   Weimbs, Andy ^a   Lechner, Hildegard ^a   Hoch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; WNT PROTEINS;

COELENTERATA; HYDRA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19644398654     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.02.013     Document Type: Review

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