LRRC8 proteins share a common ancestor with pannexins, and may form hexameric channels involved in cell-cell communication

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 551-560

  Abascal, Federico ^a   Zardoya, Rafael ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell cell communication; Communication junction proteins; Leucine rich repeats; LRRC8; Pannexin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LAP PROTEIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING 8 PROTEIN; LRRC8 PROTEIN; LRRIQ4 PROTEIN; PANNEXIN; PROTEIN; RSU1 PROTEIN; SHOC2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHORDATA; CIONA; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; GAP JUNCTION; HYDRA; HYDRA MAGNIPAPILLATA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NEMATOSTELLA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; TRICHOPLAX;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

CHORDATA;

EID: 84862319025     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100173     Document Type: Article

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