Interaction between connexin35 and zonula occludens-1 and its potential role in the regulation of electrical synapses

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 12545-12550

  Flores, Carmen E ^a   Li, Xinbo ^b   Bennett, Michael V L ^a   Nagy, James I ^b   Pereda, Alberto E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Mauthner cell; PDZ; Postsynaptic density 95 protein; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 35; PDZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GOLDFISH; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GOLDFISH; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSFECTION;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50449098772     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804793105     Document Type: Article

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