Intersubunit interactions between mutant DEG/ENaCs induce synthetic neurotoxicity

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1794-1803

  Zhang, W ^a   Bianchi, L ^b   Lee, W H ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Israel, S ^a   Driscoll, M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CELL PROTEIN; DEGENERIN; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC STRAIN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTANT; NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SODIUM CURRENT; TOUCH; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CALRETICULIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, HELMINTH; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SENSATION; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; TOUCH;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 54049126471     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2008.114     Document Type: Article

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