Connexins: Mechanisms regulating protein levels and intercellular communication

FEBS Letters

Volumn 588, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1212-1220

  Su, Vivian ^a,b   Lau, Alan F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Connexin; Degradation; Lysosome; Proteasome; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY; CONNEXIN; DEGRADATION; LYSOSOME; PROTEASOME; TRAFFICKING;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM-ASSOCIATED DEGRADATION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; PROTEOLYSIS; SECRETORY PATHWAY; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 84898889382     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.01.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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