Structure of the gap junction channel and its implications for its biological functions

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1115-1129

  Maeda, Shoji ^a,b,c   Tsukihara, Tomitake ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connexin; Electron microscopy; Gap junction; Gating; Permeability; Regulation; Selectivity; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 46; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MONOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CHANNEL GATING; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953690482     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0551-z     Document Type: Review

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