Promotion of lens epithelial-fiber differentiation by the C-terminus of connexin 45.6 - A role independent of gap junction communication

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3602-3612

  Banks, Eric A ^a   Yu, X Sean ^a   Shi, Qian ^a   Jiang, Jean X ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cell communication; Connexin 45.6; Gap junctions; Lens cell differentiation; Mutants

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CONNEXIN 45 6; CONNEXIN 56; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LENS EPITHELIUM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CONNEXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 36249010758     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.000935     Document Type: Article

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