Properties of two cataract-associated mutations located in the NH2 terminus of connexin 46

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Tong, Jun Jie ^a   Sohn, Bonnie C H ^a   Lam, Anh ^a   Walters, D Eric ^a   Verte, Barbara M ^a   Ebihara, Lisa ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Connexin; Gap junction; Intercellular communication

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 46;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

CATARACT; CONNEXIN; GAP JUNCTION; INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84878647863     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00344.2012     Document Type: Article

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