Smad ubiquitination regulatory factor-2 controls gap junction intercellular communication by modulating endocytosis and degradation of connexin43

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3966-3976

  Fykerud, Tone Aase ^a,b   Kjenseth, Ane ^a,b   Schink, Kay Oliver ^a,b   Sirnes, Solveig ^a,b   Bruun, Jarle ^a,b   Omori, Yasufumi ^c   Brech, Andreas ^a,b   Rivedal, Edgar ^a,b   Leithe, Edward ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Endocytosis; Gap junctions; Smurf2; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD UBIQUITINATION REGULATORY FACTOR 2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOLYSIS; RATS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84866735822     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.093500     Document Type: Article

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