Connexin45-containing neuronal gap junctions in rodent retina also contain connexin36 in both apposing hemiplaques, forming bihomotypic gap junctions, with scaffolding contributed by zonula occludens-1

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 9769-9789

  Li, Xinbo ^a   Kamasawa, Naomi ^b,c   Ciolofan, Cristina ^a   Olson, Carl O ^a   Lu, Shijun ^a,d   Davidson, Kimberly G V ^c   Yasumura, Thomas ^c   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^b   Rash, John E ^c   Nagy, James I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Double replica; FRIL; Heterotypic coupling; Homotypic coupling; PDZ domains; SDS FRL

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 45; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN ZONAB; PROTEIN ZO1; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN ZO2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA NERVE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RETINA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 55749108015     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2137-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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