Lens fiber connexin turnover and caspase-3-mediated cleavage are regulated alternately by phosphorylation

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Yin, Xinye ^a   Liu, Jialu ^a   Jiang, Jean X ^a  

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

Author keywords

Caspase 3 cleavage; Connexin turnover; Cx45.6; Lens; Phosphorylation; Proteasomal pathway

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 45.6; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; EPOXOMICIN; LACTACYSTIN BETA LACTONE; LEUPEPTIN; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; SERINE; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CELL CULTURE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME REGULATION; LENS FIBER; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UBIQUITINATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONNEXINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; SERINE;

EID: 48449100846     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15419060802253663     Document Type: Article

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