The evolution of innexins and their function in the electrical synapses of invertebrates

The innexins are a recently characterized protein family that comprises gap junctions in a number of invertebrate taxa. In this thesis, novel innexins from the snail Lymnaea stagnalis, the cockroach Periplaneta Americana and the lobster Homarus gammarus are described. These results extend our knowle...

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Main Author: Alexopoulos, Haralambos
Published: University of Sussex 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412691