Interfering amino-terminal peptides and functional implications for heteromeric gap junction formation

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 4 MAY, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Beyer, Eric C ^a   Lin, Xianming ^b   Veenstra, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin40; Connexin43; Gap junction; Heteromeric channel; Spermine

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84883517761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00067     Document Type: Article

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