Connexins: The Gap Junction Proteins

• Main Author: Hussain, Dr. Mahboob Ul (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Neurochemistry.; Biochemistry.; Proteins.; Animal genetics.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.; Protein Science.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Biochemistry, general.

Gap-junction proteins, connexins are important cellular entities that regulate various facets of cellular physiology. The connexins constitute large family of proteins.  The present book provides basic overview about various aspects of connexin proteins. The book has tried to touch the fundamental a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Historical and Topological Perspective of Connexins
• 3. Molecular Components and Nomenclature of Gap Junctions
• 4. General Cell Biology of Connexins
• 5. Genomic Organization of Connexins
• 6. Transcriptional Regulation of the Connexin Gene
• 7. Epigenetic Regulation of Connexins
• 8. Translation Regulation of Connexins
• 9. Interaction Partners of Connexin Proteins
• 10. Tissue Distribution of Connexins
• 11. Connexin Functions
• 12. Connexin Mutations and Disease
• 13. Suggested Reading.