Molecular modeling and mutagenesis of gap junction channels

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Kovacs, Julio A ^a   Baker, Kent A ^a   Altenberg, Guillermo A ^b   Abagyan, Ruben ^a   Yeager, Mark ^a,c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Connexon; Electron microscopy; Gap junction channel; Intercellular communication; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 34249059596     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2007.03.013     Document Type: Review

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