Cx40.8, a Cx43-like protein, forms gap junction channels inefficiently and may require Cx43 for its association at the plasma membrane

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3419-3424

  Gerhart, Sarah V ^a   Jefferis, Rebecca ^a   Iovine, M Kathryn ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Cx40.8; Cx43; Gap junction; Short fin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 40.8; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH GENETICS; GAP JUNCTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 70350292392     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.09.054     Document Type: Article

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