Gap junctions in C. elegans

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 FEB, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Simonsen, Karina T ^a   Moerman, Donald G ^b   Naus, Christian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gap junctions; Innexins; Intercellular communication

Indexed keywords

INNEXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; INX 14 GENE; INX 16 GENE; INX 22 GENE; INX 3 GENE; INX 6 GENE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; UNC 19 GENE; UNC 7 GENE; UNC 9 GENE;

EID: 84895485323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00040     Document Type: Review

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