Cx30.2 can form heteromeric gap junction channels with other cardiac connexins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 388-394

  Gemel, Joanna ^a   Lin, Xianming ^b   Collins, Raymond ^b   Veenstra, Richard D ^b   Beyer, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Intercellular communication

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30.2; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 40849094209     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.02.040     Document Type: Article

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