Protective mitochondrial fission induced by stress-responsive protein GJA1-20k

The Connexin43 gap junction gene GJA1 has one coding exon, but its mRNA undergoes internal translation to generate N-terminal truncated isoforms of Connexin43 with the predominant isoform being only 20 kDa in size (GJA1-20k). Endogenous GJA1-20k protein is not membrane bound and has been found to in...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Shimura, Esther Nuebel, Rachel Baum, Steven E Valdez, Shaohua Xiao, Junco S Warren, Joseph A Palatinus, TingTing Hong, Jared Rutter, Robin M Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/69207