Connexins: substrates and regulators of autophagy

Connexins mediate intercellular communication by assembling into hexameric channel complexes that act as hemichannels and gap junction channels. Most connexins are characterized by a very rapid turn-over in a variety of cell systems. The regulation of connexin turn-over by phosphorylation and ubiqui...

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Main Authors: Iyyathurai, Jegan, Decuypere, Jean-Paul, Leybaert, Luc, D’hondt, Catheleyne, Bultynck, Geert
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4896244/