Cx29 and Cx32, two connexins expressed by myelinating glia, do not interact and are functionally distinct

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 992-1006

  Ahn, Meejin ^a   Lee, Jonathan ^a   Gustafsson, Andreas ^a   Enriquez, Alan ^a   Lancaster, Eric ^a   Sul, Jai Yoon ^a   Haydon, Philip G ^a   Paul, David L ^b   Huang, Yan ^a,d   Abrams, Charles K ^c   Scherer, Steven S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Mutations; Myelin; Oligodendrocytes; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 29; CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONNEXINS; COS CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTANT CHIMERIC PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 41149103982     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21561     Document Type: Article

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