Cell communication across gap junctions: A historical perspective and current developments

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 450-459

  Evans, W Howard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenesis and turnover; Channel manipulation by connexin (cx) mimetic peptides; Channel structure and isolation; Connexin (cx) diseases; Control by ca2+

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INNEXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PANNEXIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHORDATA; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CHORDATA; DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84934990551     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20150056     Document Type: Review

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