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Comment
. 2015;9(2):63-4.
doi: 10.1080/19336950.2015.1030186.

Are these connexins compatible and does it matter?

Eric C Beyer  1
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Comment

Are these connexins compatible and does it matter?

Eric C Beyer. Channels (Austin). 2015.
No abstract available

Keywords: connexin; connexin40; connexin43; gap junction; heterotypic channel.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Diagrams illustrating the hemichannels and intercellular channels formed from a single connexin or 2 different connexins. Six identical connexin subunits (blue or red) can oligomerize to form a homomeric hemichannel (connexon). Two hemichannels containing the same connexin dock with each other to form a homotypic channel. Two hemichannels composed of 2 different connexins form a heterotypic channel. Two co-expressed connexins may oligomerize with each other to form a heteromeric connexon. Heteromeric connexons can dock with homomeric or heteromeric connexons to form a large variety of different channels; only a few configurations are illustrated.
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