Structural organization of gap junction channels

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1711, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 99-125

  Sosinsky, Gina E ^a   Nicholson, Bruce J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Connexin; Electron microscopy; Gap junction; Gating; Mutagenesis; NMR; Pore structure; Structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 20444397355     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.04.001     Document Type: Review

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