Connexins

Part I. Fundamentals of Connexin Biology

1. The Family of Connexin Genes
Eric C. Beyer, Viviana M. Berthoud

2. Gap Junction Channel Structure
Mark Yeager

3. The Connexin Channel Pore: Pore-Lining Segments and Residues
Vytas K. Verselis

4. Voltage-Gating Mechanisms of Connexin Channels
Thaddeus Bargiello, Peter Brink

5. Chemical Gating of Connexin Channels
Rebecca Lewandowski, Junko Shibayama, Eva M. Oxford, Rosy Joshi-Mukherjee, Wanda Coombs, Paul L. Sorgen, Steven M. Taffet, Mario Delmar

6. Electrical Signaling with Neuronal Gap Junctions
Barry W. Connors

7. Permeability of Connexin Channels
Andrew L. Harris, Darren Locke

8. Pharmacology of Connexin Channels
Miduturu Srinivas

9. Biogenesis and Degradation of Gap Junctions
Linda S. Musil

10. Gap Junction Morphology and Dynamics in Situ
Gina E. Sosinsky, Guido M. Gaietta, Ben N.G. Giepmans

11. Biochemistry of Connexins
Joell L. Solan, Paul D. Lampe

12. Pannexins or Connexins?
Gerhard Dahl, Andrew L. Harris

Part II. Connexins in Organ Systems and Processes

13. Foreword: Gap Junctions and Emergent Organ Properties
Daniel Goodenough

14. Connexins in Skin Biology
Trond Aasen, David P. Kelsell

15. Connexins in the Nervous System
Charles K. Abrams, John E. Rash

16. Connexins in the Respiratory Epithelium
Bernard Foglia, Isabelle Scerri, Tecla Dudez, Marc Chanson

17. Connexins in Skeletal Biology
Roberto Civitelli, Henry J. Donahue

18. Connexins in Lens Development and Disease
Teresa I. Shakespeare, Richard T. Mathias, Thomas W. White

19. Connexins in the Mammalian Retina
Stephen C. Massey

20. Connexins in the Inner Ear
Regina Nickel, Andrew Forge, Daniel Jagger

21. Connexins in the Heart
Nicholas J. Severs

22. Connexins in the Vasculature
Cor Wit, Stephanie E. Wölfle

23. Connexins and Atherosclerosis
Anna Pfenniger, Isabelle Roth, Brenda R. Kwak

24. Connexins in the Female Reproductive System
Gerald M. Kidder, Elke Winterhager

25. Connexins in the Male Reproductive System
Georges Pointis, C~line Fiorini, J~rome Gilleron, Diane Carette, Dominique Segretain

26. Connexins and Secretion
Sabine Bavamian, Philippe Klee, Florent Allagnat, Jacques-Antoine Haefliger, Paolo Meda

27. Connexins and Carcinogenesis
Sophie Crespin, Norah Defamie, Laurent Cronier, Marc Mesnil

Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General SCI008000