Closing the Gap on Autosomal Dominant Connexin-26 and Connexin-43 Mutants Linked to Human Disease
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Closing the gap on autosomal dominant connexin-26 and connexin-43 mutants linked to human disease.
Cells within the vast majority of human tissues communicate directly through clustered arrays of intercellular channels called gap junctions. Gene ablation studies in mouse models have revealed that these intercellular channels are necessary for a variety of organ functions and that some of these genes are essential for survival. Molecular genetics has uncovered that germ line mutations in near...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r700041200