Pannexins, distant relatives of the connexin family with specific cellular functions?

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 953-974

  D'hondt, Catheleyne ^a   Ponsaerts, Raf ^a   De Smedt, Humbert ^a   Bultynck, Geert ^a   Himpens, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcium wave; Connexin; Gap junctions; Hemi channels; Intercellular communication; Pannexin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; PANNEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349969995     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800236     Document Type: Review

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