Extracellular domains play different roles in gap junction formation and docking compatibility

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 458, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Bai, Donglin ^a   Wang, Ao Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Docking compatibility; Gap junction channel; Heterotypic gap junction channels

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR LOOP 1; EXTRACELLULAR LOOP 2; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84892937696     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20131162     Document Type: Article

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