Carboxy terminus and pore-forming domain properties specific to Cx37 are necessary for Cx37-mediated suppression of insulinoma cell proliferation

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Nelson, Tasha K ^a   Sorgen, Paul L ^b   Burt, Janis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Endothelium; Gap junction channel; Growth suppression; Protein interactome

Indexed keywords

CX37 PROTEIN; EPITOPE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHIMERA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GAP JUNCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INSULINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; WILD TYPE;

CONNEXIN; ENDOTHELIUM; GAP JUNCTION CHANNEL; GROWTH SUPPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTOME;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; INSULINOMA; MUTATION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84890318890     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00159.2013     Document Type: Article

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