A Cα model for the transmembrane α helices of gap junction intercellular channels

Molecular Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 879-888

  Fleishman, Sarel J ^a   Unger, Vinzenz M ^b   Yeager, Mark ^c,d   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 32; ION CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONNEXINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 4644228547     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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