All amacrine cells discriminate between heterocellular and homocellular locations when assembling connexin36-containing gap junctions

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1190-1202

  Meyer, Arndt ^a   Hilgen, Gerrit ^a,d   Dorgau, Birthe ^a   Sammler, Esther M ^b   Weiler, Reto ^a   Monyer, Hannah ^c   Dedek, Karin ^a   Hormuzdi, Sheriar G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Bipolar cell; Connexin; Electrical synapse; Gap junction; Retina

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN 5; CONNEXIN 36; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN ZO 1; SYNAPTOTAGMIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZO1; TJP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HETEROCELLULAR GAP JUNCTION; HOMOCELLULAR GAP JUNCTION; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINA; RETINA CONE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84903367073     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.133066     Document Type: Article

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