Non-channel functions of connexins in cell growth and cell death

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1818, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2002-2008

  Vinken, Mathieu ^a   Decrock, Elke ^b   Leybaert, Luc ^b   Bultynck, Geert ^c   Himpens, Bernard ^c   Vanhaecke, Tamara ^a   Rogiers, Vera ^a  

^a FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cell growth; Connexin

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS SIGNAL REGULATING KINASE 1; BETA CATENIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; NEPHROBLASTOMA OVEREXPRESSED PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO1 ASSOCIATED ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZO2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HUMAN; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNEXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 5; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHROBLASTOMA OVEREXPRESSED PROTEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84861587400     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.06.011     Document Type: Review

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