Nonredundant gap junction functions.
The need for molecular heterogeneity of gap junction channel proteins in vivo has been enigmatic. Recently, functional replacement of one channel gene with another in mice and flies has revealed that cellular health depends not simply on gap junction communication but also requires the correct type of intercellular channel subunit.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.
Thomas W
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White
D000818:Animals; D018031:Connexin 43 / Q000378:metabolism; D017630:Connexins / Q000378:metabolism; D004330:Drosophila / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005123:Eye / Q000254:growth & development; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D018031:Connexin 43; D017630:Connexins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C079326:ogre protein, Drosophila; C079324:shakB protein, Drosophila