Life cycle of connexins in health and disease

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 527-543

  Laird, Dale W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assembly; Connexin; Gap junction; Transport

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DISEASES; FUNCTIONS; HEALTH; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

CONNEXIN; GAP JUNCTION; TRANSPORT;

GENES;

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DISEASE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEALTH; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 33645002735     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051922     Document Type: Review

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