Injury-triggered Akt phosphorylation of Cx43: A ZO-1-driven molecular switch that regulates gap junction size

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 455-464

  Dunn, Clarence A ^a   Lampe, Paul D ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Hypoxia; Wounding

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN ZO1; SERINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MIGRATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INJURY; KERATINOCYTE; MDCK CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SKIN; WOUND;

AKT; CONNEXIN43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYPOXIA; WOUNDING;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; DOGS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOSERINE; PROTEASOME INHIBITORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SKIN; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84892502745     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.142497     Document Type: Article

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