Peptides and peptide-derived molecules targeting the intracellular domains of Cx43: Gap junctions versus hemichannels

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 491-505

  Iyyathurai, Jegan ^a   D'Hondt, Catheleyne ^a   Wang, Nan ^b   De Bock, Marijke ^b   Himpens, Bernard ^a   Retamal, Mauricio A ^c   Stehberg, Jimmy ^d   Leybaert, Luc ^b   Bultynck, Geert ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR SIGNALING   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain; C terminal tail; Connexin; Cytoplasmic loop; Gap junctions; Heart; Hemichannels; Intramolecular interactions; Ischemia; Peptides

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 43; PEPTIDE AAP10; PEPTIDE ACT1; PEPTIDE CT9; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE GAP19; PEPTIDE L2; PEPTIDE RXP E; PEPTIDE TAT CT10; PEPTIDE ZP123; PEPTIDOMIMETIC AGENT; SH3 BINDING DOMAIN PEPTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDOSIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPERFUSION;

BRAIN; C-TERMINAL TAIL; CONNEXIN; CYTOPLASMIC LOOP; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HEMICHANNELS; INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; ISCHEMIA; PEPTIDES;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ION CHANNELS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84890435617     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.050     Document Type: Review

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