Connexin and Pannexin hemichannels are regulated by redox potential

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 FEB, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Retamal, Mauricio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Connexin; Nitric oxide; Redox signaling; S Nitrosylation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PANNEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NITROSYLATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

EID: 84895506082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00080     Document Type: Review

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