Assembly of connexin43 into gap junctions is regulated differentially by E-cadherin and N-cadherin in rat liver epithelial cells

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4089-4107

  Govindarajan, Rajgopal ^c   Chakraborty, Souvik ^a   Johnson, Kristen E ^a   Falk, Matthias M ^b   Wheelock, Margaret J ^a   Johnson, Keith R ^a   Mehta, Parmender P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CLONE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; LIVER; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 78650151102     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E10-05-0403     Document Type: Article

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