Molecular Biology of the Interactions between Connexins

The Gap Junction Communication Channel

1996 • 1,896 citations

Connections with Connexins: the Molecular Basis of Direct Intercellular Signaling

1996 • 1,301 citations

Connexin43: a protein from rat heart homologous to a gap junction protein from liver.

1987 • 1,111 citations

Transmission at the giant motor synapses of the crayfish

1959 • 843 citations

Specific permeability and selective formation of gap junction channels in connexin-transfected HeLa cells.

1995 • 821 citations

Molecular cloning of cDNA for rat liver gap junction protein.

1986 • 715 citations

Connexin46, a novel lens gap junction protein, induces voltage-gated currents in nonjunctional plasma membrane of Xenopus oocytes.

1991 • 600 citations

Cloning of a new gap junction gene (Cx36) highly expressed in mammalian brain neurons

1998 • 469 citations

Cloning and characterization of human and rat liver cDNAs coding for a gap junction protein.

1986 • 443 citations

Mutations of theConnexin43Gap-Junction Gene in Patients with Heart Malformations and Defects of Laterality

1995 • 376 citations

Inhibition of gap junction and adherens junction assembly by connexin and A-CAM antibodies.

1992 • 351 citations

Comparative characterization of the 21-kD and 26-kD gap junction proteins in murine liver and cultured hepatocytes.

1989 • 341 citations

Topology of the 32-kd liver gap junction protein determined by site-directed antibody localizations.

1988 • 327 citations

Formation of gap junctions by expression of connexins in Xenopus oocyte pairs

1989 • 317 citations

Isoform Composition of Connexin Channels Determines Selectivity among Second Messengers and Uncharged Molecules

1998 • 307 citations

Selective interactions among the multiple connexin proteins expressed in the vertebrate lens: the second extracellular domain is a determinant of compatibility between connexins.

1994 • 286 citations

Two homologous protein components of hepatic gap junctions

1987 • 284 citations

Heteromeric connexons in lens gap junction channels.

1996 • 273 citations

Functional analysis of selective interactions among rodent connexins.

1995 • 256 citations

Molecular biology and genetics of gap junction channels

1992 • 225 citations

Topological analysis of the major protein in isolated intact rat liver gap junctions and gap junction-derived single membrane structures.

1987 • 205 citations

Evidence for heteromeric gap junction channels formed from rat connexin43 and human connexin37

1997 • 191 citations

A detergent-independent procedure for the isolation of gap junctions from rat liver.

1984 • 179 citations

The Gap Junction Proteins β1-Connexin (Connexin-32) and β2-Connexin (Connexin-26) Can Form Heteromeric Hemichannels

1995 • 171 citations

Cell-free synthesis and assembly of connexins into functional gap junction membrane channels

1997 • 161 citations

Drosophila Shaking-B protein forms gap junctions in paired Xenopus oocytes

1998 • 158 citations

Mutational analysis of gap junction formation

1992 • 157 citations

Membrane topology and quaternary structure of cardiac gap junction ion channels

1992 • 150 citations

Expression of gap junction channels in communication-incompetent cells after stable transfection with cDNA encoding connexin 32.

1990 • 142 citations

Connexin 35: a gap-junctional protein expressed preferentially in the skate retina.

1996 • 124 citations

Expression of chimeric connexins reveals new properties of the formation and gating behavior of gap junction channels

1994 • 118 citations

Incompatibility of connexin 40 and 43 Hemichannels in gap junctions between mammalian cells is determined by intracellular domains.

1996 • 109 citations

Mixing of connexins in gap junction membrane channels.

1995 • 99 citations

Characterization of gap junctions between cultured leptomeningeal cells

1991 • 91 citations

Ultrastructural Analysis of Gap Junctions in C6 Glioma Cells Transfected with Connexin43 cDNA

1993 • 89 citations

Synthesis and assembly of human β1 gap junctions in BHK cells by DNA transfection with the human β1 cDNA

1995 • 88 citations

Developmental Regulation and Structural Organization of Connexins in Epidermal Gap Junctions

1994 • 84 citations

Gap junctions and cell polarity: Connexin32 and connexin43 expressed in polarized thyroid epithelial cells assemble into separate gap junctions, which are located in distinct regions of the lateral plasma membrane domain

1995 • 81 citations

Physical Characterization of Gap Junction Membrane Connexons (Hemi-channels) Isolated from Rat Liver

1995 • 59 citations

A chimeric connexin forming gap junction hemichannels

1997 • 58 citations

Dispersed and Aggregated Gap Junction Channels Identified by Immunogold Labeling of Freeze-Fractured Membranes

1997 • 51 citations

Electrophysiological properties of gap junction channels in hepatocytes isolated from connexin32-deficient and wild-type mice

1999 • 48 citations

Connexin expression and gap junction communication compartments in the developing mouse limb

1992 • 40 citations