The carboxy-terminal tail of connexin43 gap junction protein is sufficient to mediate cytoskeleton changes in human glioma cells

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 589-597

  Crespin, Sophie ^a   Bechberger, John ^b   Mesnil, Marc ^a   Naus, Christian C ^b   Sin, Wun Chey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; CX43; Gap junctions; Migration

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOSKELETON; GAP JUNCTION; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOSKELETON; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77952738857     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22554     Document Type: Article

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