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Post‐Translational Modification of Proteins

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Drebrin Is a Novel Connexin-43 Binding Partner that Links Gap Junctions to the Submembrane Cytoskeleton

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The role of connexins in controlling cell growth and gene expression

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Functional analysis of human cardiac gap junction channel mutants.

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2004 • 160 citations

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1999 • 157 citations

CCN3 (NOV) Interacts with Connexin43 in C6 Glioma Cells

2004 • 150 citations

Connexin-43 Interactions with ZO-1 and α- and β-tubulin

2001 • 147 citations

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2007 • 145 citations

Connexin43 Interacts with NOV

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2004 • 143 citations

Connexin45 directly binds to ZO‐1 and localizes to the tight junction region in epithelial MDCK cells

2001 • 142 citations

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2004 • 140 citations

Hetero-Domain Interactions as a Mechanism for the Regulation of Connexin Channels

1999 • 139 citations

Role of the Carboxyl Terminal of Connexin43 in Transjunctional Fast Voltage Gating

2002 • 137 citations

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2000 • 125 citations

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2004 • 123 citations

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Connexin 32 of gap junctions contains two cytoplasmic calmodulin-binding domains

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Connexin30.2 containing gap junction channels decelerate impulse propagation through the atrioventricular node

2006 • 114 citations

Calmodulin Directly Gates Gap Junction Channels

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2001 • 110 citations

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2001 • 109 citations

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2003 • 107 citations

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2000 • 106 citations

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2001 • 101 citations

Heterotypic gap junction channel formation between heteromeric and homomeric Cx40 and Cx43 connexons

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2004 • 100 citations

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1994 • 100 citations

Ubiquitylation of Ion Channels

2005 • 98 citations

Regulation of gap junctions by tyrosine protein kinases

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Assembly of heteromeric connexons in guinea‐pig liver en route to the Golgi apparatus, plasma membrane and gap junctions

1999 • 91 citations

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2006 • 88 citations

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2004 • 86 citations

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1999 • 86 citations

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Gap Junction Formation between Cultured Embryonic Lens Cells Is Inhibited by Antibody to N-Cadherin

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Gap Junctions Assemble in the Presence of Cytoskeletal Inhibitors, but Enhanced Assembly Requires Microtubules

2002 • 81 citations

A tyrosine-based sorting signal is involved in connexin43 stability and gap junction turnover

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Role of catenins in the development of gap junctions in rat cardiomyocytes

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Functional Role of c-Src in Gap Junctions of the Cardiomyopathic Heart

1999 • 80 citations

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2003 • 80 citations

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2002 • 78 citations

Impaired Trafficking of Connexins in Androgen-independent Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines and Its Mitigation by α-Catenin

2002 • 78 citations

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2002 • 75 citations

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2005 • 75 citations

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2004 • 72 citations

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2002 • 72 citations

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2006 • 71 citations

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2001 • 71 citations

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2000 • 70 citations

Modifications in the Biophysical Properties of Connexin43 Channels by a Peptide of the Cytoplasmic Loop Region

2004 • 68 citations

High-resolution proteomic mapping in the vertebrate central nervous system: Close proximity of connexin35 to NMDA glutamate receptor clusters and co-localization of connexin36 with immunoreactivity for zonula occludens protein-1 (ZO-1)

2004 • 68 citations

Interaction of calmodulin and other calcium-modulated proteins with mammalian and arthropod junctional membrane proteins

1985 • 68 citations

Connexin-Occludin Chimeras Containing the Zo-Binding Domain of Occludin Localize at Mdck Tight Junctions and Nrk Cell Contacts

1999 • 67 citations

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2007 • 66 citations

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2004 • 65 citations

Assembly of gap junction channels

2001 • 65 citations

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1992 • 65 citations

Altered permeability and modulatory character of connexin channels during mammary gland development

2004 • 64 citations

A proposed role for ZO-1 in targeting connexin 43 gap junctions to the endocytic pathway

2004 • 64 citations

Control of Intracellular Movement of Connexins by E-Cadherin in Murine Skin Papilloma Cells

2001 • 63 citations

Developmental Regulation of the Direct Interaction between the Intracellular Loop of Connexin 45.6 and the C Terminus of Major Intrinsic Protein (Aquaporin-0)

2005 • 62 citations

Multiple Connexins Form Gap Junction Channels in Rat Basilar Artery Smooth Muscle Cells

1999 • 60 citations

Disruption of Gap Junctional Communication by the Platelet-derived Growth Factor Is Mediated via Multiple Signaling Pathways

1999 • 60 citations

pH-Dependent Dimerization of the Carboxyl Terminal Domain of Cx43

2004 • 60 citations

Dominant cataracts result from incongruous mixing of wild-type lens connexins

2003 • 60 citations

Altered Dye Diffusion and Upregulation of Connexin37 in Mouse Aortic Endothelium Deficient in Connexin40

2002 • 57 citations

Mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphorylation of connexin43 are not sufficient for the disruption of gap junctional communication by platelet-derived growth factor and tetradecanoylphorbol acetate

1999 • 56 citations

Novel Rab GAP-like Protein, CIP85, Interacts with Connexin43 and Induces Its Degradation

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Association of connexin36 with zonula occludens-1 in HeLa cells, ?TC-3 cells, pancreas, and adrenal gland

2000 • 54 citations

Identification of Connexin-43 Interacting Proteins

2003 • 53 citations

Ligand Binding of the Second PDZ Domain Regulates Clustering of PSD-95 with the Kv1.4 Potassium Channel

2002 • 52 citations

Calcium-dependent binding of calmodulin to neuronal gap junction proteins

2005 • 51 citations

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1999 • 50 citations

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2001 • 50 citations

Modulation of intercellular communication in macrophages: possible interactions between GAP junctions and P2 receptors

2004 • 50 citations

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2006 • 50 citations

The cochlear F-box protein OCP1 associates with OCP2 and connexin 26

2004 • 49 citations

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1999 • 48 citations

A 17mer Peptide Interferes With Acidification-Induced Uncoupling of Connexin43

1998 • 48 citations

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2006 • 48 citations

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1999 • 48 citations

Connexins, innexins and pannexins: Bridging the communication gap

2005 • 45 citations

An inhibition of gap-junctional communication by cadherins

1997 • 43 citations

Ischemia Impairs the Association Between Connexin 43 and M3 Subtype of Acetylcholine Muscarinic Receptor (M3-mAChR) in Ventricular Myocytes

2006 • 41 citations

Effects of peroxisome proliferators and 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate on intercellular communication and connexin43 in two hamster fibroblast systems

1997 • 40 citations

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2000 • 38 citations

Regulation of Lens Cell-to-Cell Communication by Activation of PKCγ and Disassembly of Cx50 Channels

2005 • 37 citations

Down-Regulation of Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication Between Osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 Cells by Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and a Phorbol Ester (12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-Acetate)

1997 • 37 citations

Knock-in of α3 connexin prevents severe cataracts caused by an α8 point mutation

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Characterization of the Association of Connexins and ZO-1 in the Lens

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2005 • 32 citations

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1999 • 32 citations

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1994 • 32 citations

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Deficient epithelial-fibroblast heterocellular gap junction communication can be overcome by co-culture with an intermediate cell type but not by E-cadherin transgene expression

1998 • 30 citations

Connexin43 PDZ2 Binding Domain Mutants Create Functional Gap Junctions and Exhibit Altered Phosphorylation

2004 • 29 citations

Association of Connexin43 with a Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase

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1997 • 28 citations

Association with ZO-1 Correlates with Plasma Membrane Partitioning in Truncated Connexin45 Mutants

2005 • 26 citations

Connexin 26 expression prevents down-regulation of barrier and fence functions of tight junctions by Na+/K+-ATPase inhibitor ouabain in human airway epithelial cell line Calu-3

2006 • 25 citations

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2005 • 25 citations

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a novel Cx43 partner protein CIP150

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2000 • 14 citations

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2004 • 5 citations