Intercellular redistribution of cAMP underlies selective suppression of cancer cell growth by connexin26

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Chandrasekhar, Anjana ^a,c   Kalmykov, Edward A ^a   Polusani, Srikanth R ^a   Mathis, Sandra A ^a   Zucker, Shoshanna N ^b   Nicholson, Bruce J ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 84891594746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082335     Document Type: Article

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