title: Connexins: functions without junctions.
abstract: Emerging studies indicate that connexins have activities completely unrelated to gap junctions and, conversely, that non-connexin proteins can form gap junction channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goodenough
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D017630:Connexins / Q000502:physiology*; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017630:Connexins; D002118:Calcium