… conductances could not be explained easily as homotypic Cx43 or Cx40 forms (18). These
… Cx40-Cx43 gap junction channels. However, they did not consider heterotypic Cx40-Cx43 …

… Connexin43 is the major gap protein in the heart and cardiovascular system. Single channel
recordings of human connexin43 gap junction … of heterotypic gap junctions formed by …

… In conclusion, depending on cell type and context, adherens junction and gap junction
formation can be mutually affected, which seems to involve regulation of cell migration. While the …

… (AJ) formation or through disruption of gap junction organization and channel … Cx43
phosphorylation on the gap junction life cycle, however, phosphorylation can also affect gap junction …

… demonstrate that Cx43 can affect cell growth independently of gap junction formation. This …
lation between the action of Cx43 mutants Cx43– S255A, Cx43–S279A, and Cx43–S282A on …

… Cx43. The 20 kDa isoform is sufficient to rescue this trafficking defect in trans, suggesting it as
a trafficking chaperone for Cx43… expression, increasing Cx43 gap junction size. The results …

… Other than forming gap junctions, Connexin43 can also form hemichannels to release or
uptake small molecules from the environment or even mediate many physiological processes in …

… studies on isolated liver and heart gap junction membranes established that Cx32 and
Cx43 pass through the membrane four times forming two extracellular loops and a cytoplasmic …

… A heteromeric gap junction channel is one that contains … form heteromers, we cotransfected
rat connexin43 (rCx43) and … to compare the observed gap junction channel activity with that …

… gap junction (GJ) assembly system with experimentally reaggregated cells, we analyzed “formation …
labeling of sterols and immunolabeling for connexin43 (Cx43), we demonstrated that …