The connexin turnover, an important modulating factor of the level of cell-to-cell junctional communication: Comparison with other integral membrane proteins

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 21-33

  Hervé, Jean Claude ^a   Derangeon, Mickaël ^a   Bahbouhi, Bouchaib ^a   Mesnil, Marc ^a   Sarrouilhe, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Connexin; Connexin half life; Gap junction; Intracellular trafficking

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; AQUAPORIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CLAUDIN 14; CLAUDIN 2; CLAUDIN 4; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 31; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; DESMOGLEIN 3; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OCCLUDIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL RENEWAL; CHANNEL GATING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALF LIFE TIME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA STABILITY; STIMULUS; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHORDATA;

EID: 36348994843     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-007-9054-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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