Tissue-specific effects of wild-type and mutant connexin 31: A role in neurite outgrowth

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-172

  Unsworth, Harriet C ^a   McElwaine, Suzanne ^a   Kelsell, David P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 31; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SKIN DISEASE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WILD TYPE;

CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEURITES; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 33846603202     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl452     Document Type: Article

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