Gap junction assembly: Roles for the formation plaque and regulation by the C-terminus of connexin43

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-86

  Johnson, Ross G ^a   Reynhout, James K ^b   TenBroek, Erica M ^a,d   Quade, Bradley J ^a,e   Yasumura, Thomas ^c   Davidson, Kimberly G V ^c   Sheridan, Judson D ^a   Rash, John E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Medtronic   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; GAP JUNCTION; HELA CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL; CONNEXIN 43; FILIPIN; FOCAL ADHESIONS; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84855384423     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E11-02-0141     Document Type: Article

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