The D50N mutation and syndromic deafness: Altered Cx26 hemichannel properties caused by effects on the pore and intersubunit interactions

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-22

  Sanchez, Helmuth A ^a   Villone, Krista ^b   Srinivas, Miduturu ^b   Verselis, Vytas K ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS; KERATITIS; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; XENOPUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KERATITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; XENOPUS;

EID: 84880004378     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201310962     Document Type: Article

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