Mutation of Human Connexin43 Amino Acids S279/S282 Increases Protein Stability Upon Treatment with Epidermal Growth Factor

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 379-384

  Schmitt, Melanie ^a   Leykauf, Kerstin ^a   Reinz, Eileen ^a   Cheng, Hao ^a,b   Alonso, Angel ^a   Schenkel, Johannes ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin43; EGF; MAP kinases; Phosphorylation; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GAP JUNCTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; UBIQUITINATION;

CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXIN 43; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84901200175     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-013-9811-5     Document Type: Article

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