Extracellular loop cysteine mutant of Cx37 fails To suppress proliferation of rat insulinoma cells

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 369-380

  Good, Miranda E ^a   Ek Vitorín, José F ^a   Burt, Janis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Cx37; Gap junction; Growth suppression; Hemichannel; Insulinoma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 37; DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSULINOMA; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNEXINS; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INSULINOMA; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84866046899     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-012-9459-x     Document Type: Article

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