An innexin is a member of a class of proteins which is used to create gap junctions in invertebrates.
Examples include:
- C. elegans
- Unc-7
- Unc-9
- drosophila
- Ogre
- shaking-B
- Hirudo medicinalis
- Hm-inx6
See also
External links
- Hirudolab
- Description at wustl.edu
- Phelan P, Bacon J, Davies J, Stebbings L, Todman M, Avery L, Baines R, Barnes T, Ford C, Hekimi S, Lee R, Shaw J, Starich T, Curtin K, Sun Y, Wyman R (1998). "Innexins: a family of invertebrate gap-junction proteins.". Trends Genet 14 (9): 348–9. doi:. PMID 9769729.
- Phelan P, Stebbings L, Baines R, Bacon J, Davies J, Ford C (1998). "Drosophila Shaking-B protein forms gap junctions in paired Xenopus oocytes.". Nature 391 (6663): 181–4. doi:. PMID 9428764.
- Dykes I, Macagno E (2006). "Molecular characterization and embryonic expression of innexins in the leech Hirudo medicinalis.". Dev Genes Evol 216 (4): 185–97. doi:. PMID 16440200.
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