Channel-independent influence of connexin 43 on cell migration

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1818, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1993-2001

  Kameritsch, Petra ^a   Pogoda, Kristin ^a   Pohl, Ulrich ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Channel dependent; Channel independent; Connexin; Migration

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 43; CORTACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DREBRIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUBULIN;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL INDEPENDENT; DNA MODIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84861633611     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.11.016     Document Type: Review

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