Connexins, innexins and pannexins: Bridging the communication gap

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1719, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 3-5

  Hervé, Jean Claude ^a   Phelan, Pauline ^b   Bruzzone, Roberto ^c   White, Thomas W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANNELID WORM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

ANNELIDA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 28944436531     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.11.013     Document Type: Editorial

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