Oligomeric structure and functional characterization of caenorhabditis elegans innexin-6 gap junction protein

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 10513-10521

  Oshima, Atsunori ^a   Matsuzawa, Tomohiro ^b   Nishikawa, Kouki ^a   Fujiyoshi, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHANNEL PERMEABILITY; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; GAP JUNCTION CHANNELS; GAP JUNCTION PROTEINS; GEL FILTRATION ANALYSIS; OLIGOMERIC STRUCTURE; SINGLE-PARTICLE ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLS; MICELLES; OLIGOMERS;

PURIFICATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; DETERGENT; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLYCOL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INNEXIN 6; MALTOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICELLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876257325     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.428383     Document Type: Article

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