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- noun biochemistry Any member of a family of
transmembrane proteins found in vertebrates, homologous to the invertebrateinnexins
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Postdoctoral fellow Angela Cone, who works in the UCSD-based National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR), uses the Catalog in her research on the newly discovered pannexin (Panx) family of gap junction-like proteins.
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The project will focus on the development of new models of connexin and pannexin inactivation in mature astrocytes, to study the functions of these molecules in neuroglial and gliovascular interactions in the mouse brain.
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The project will focus on the development of new models of connexin and pannexin inactivation in mature astrocytes, to study the functions of these molecules in neuroglial and gliovascular interactions in the mouse brain.
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2007 Conexin and pannexin mediated cell-cell communication.
The Other Brain R. Douglas Fields 2009
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