Article
The diversity of connexin genes encoding gap junctional proteins.
European journal of cell biology - 1 Oct 1991
Willecke K, Hennemann H, Dahl E, Jungbluth S, Heynkes R
Abstract excerpt
The multigene family of connexins is larger than previously anticipated. Ten different connexin homologous sequences have been characterized in the mouse genome, five of which are probably the mouse analogues of the known rat connexins26, -31, -32, -43, and -46. Since the additional 5 sequences have been isolated as cDNAs or hybridize specifically to distinct mRNA species, they most likely represent functional...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Connexins
- Genetic Variation
- Intercellular Junctions
- Membrane Proteins
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Conformation
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid