Autoregulation of connexin43 gap junction formation by internally translated isoforms

Cell Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 611-618

  Smyth, James W ^a,b   Shaw, Robin M ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ISOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL MIGRATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 84887608899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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