Gating of connexin 43 gap junctions by a cytoplasmic loop calmodulin binding domain

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Qin ^a   Kopp, Richard F ^a   Chen, Yanyi ^b   Yang, Jenny J ^b   Roe, Michael W ^a   Veenstra, Richard D ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calmidazolium; Connexin 40; Intercellular communication; Ionomycin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALMIDAZOLIUM; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; IONOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BINDING SITES; CALMODULIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CYTOPLASM; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS;

MURINAE;

EID: 84861125296     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00319.2011     Document Type: Article

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