Different consequences of cataract-associated mutations at adjacent positions in the first extracellular boundary of connexin50

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Tong, Jun Jie ^a   Minogue, Peter J ^b   Guo, Wenji ^b   Chen, Tung Ling ^a   Beyer, Eric C ^b   Berthoud, Viviana M ^b   Ebihara, Lisa ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Intercellular communication; Lens

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HELA CELL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CATARACT; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79955557177     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00384.2010     Document Type: Article

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