Mouse lens connexin23 (Gje1) does not form functional gap junction channels but causes enhanced ATP release from HeLa cells

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-77

  Sonntag, Stephan ^a   Söhl, Goran ^a   Dobrowolski, Radoslaw ^a   Zhang, Jiong ^a   Theis, Martin ^b   Winterhager, Elke ^c   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^d   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx23; Hemichannels; Pannexins; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 23; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXINS; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION CHANNELS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57649110620     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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