| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Plasma membrane channels formed by connexins: their regulation and functions.
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Physiol Rev
|
2003
|
4.87
|
|
2
|
Cardiac gap junction channels show quantitative differences in selectivity.
|
Circ Res
|
2002
|
2.28
|
|
3
|
Connexin43 and connexin45 form heteromeric gap junction channels in which individual components determine permeability and regulation.
|
Circ Res
|
2002
|
1.54
|
|
4
|
Oxidative stress, lens gap junctions, and cataracts.
|
Antioxid Redox Signal
|
2009
|
1.49
|
|
5
|
Loss of function and impaired degradation of a cataract-associated mutant connexin50.
|
Eur J Cell Biol
|
2003
|
1.48
|
|
6
|
A mutant connexin50 with enhanced hemichannel function leads to cell death.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2009
|
1.43
|
|
7
|
Connexin43 and connexin26 form gap junctions, but not heteromeric channels in co-expressing cells.
|
J Cell Sci
|
2004
|
1.40
|
|
8
|
Pathways for degradation of connexins and gap junctions.
|
Cardiovasc Res
|
2004
|
1.38
|
|
9
|
Amino terminal glutamate residues confer spermine sensitivity and affect voltage gating and channel conductance of rat connexin40 gap junctions.
|
J Physiol
|
2004
|
1.37
|
|
10
|
An aberrant sequence in a connexin46 mutant underlies congenital cataracts.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2005
|
1.22
|
|
11
|
Autophagy: a pathway that contributes to connexin degradation.
|
J Cell Sci
|
2011
|
1.17
|
|
12
|
Polyvalent cations constitute the voltage gating particle in human connexin37 hemichannels.
|
J Gen Physiol
|
2004
|
1.13
|
|
13
|
Transcriptional regulation of the murine Connexin40 promoter by cardiac factors Nkx2-5, GATA4 and Tbx5.
|
Cardiovasc Res
|
2004
|
1.11
|
|
14
|
Connexin40 and connexin43 determine gating properties of atrial gap junction channels.
|
J Mol Cell Cardiol
|
2009
|
1.05
|
|
15
|
Dynamic model for ventricular junctional conductance during the cardiac action potential.
|
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
|
2004
|
1.05
|
|
16
|
Redistribution of connexin45 in gap junctions of connexin43-deficient hearts.
|
Cardiovasc Res
|
2002
|
1.03
|
|
17
|
Different consequences of cataract-associated mutations at adjacent positions in the first extracellular boundary of connexin50.
|
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
|
2011
|
1.02
|
|
18
|
N-terminal residues in Cx43 and Cx40 determine physiological properties of gap junction channels, but do not influence heteromeric assembly with each other or with Cx26.
|
J Cell Sci
|
2006
|
1.01
|
|
19
|
Cataracts are caused by alterations of a critical N-terminal positive charge in connexin50.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2008
|
1.01
|
|
20
|
An intact connexin N-terminus is required for function but not gap junction formation.
|
J Cell Sci
|
2008
|
0.95
|
|
21
|
Atomic force microscopy of Connexin40 gap junction hemichannels reveals calcium-dependent three-dimensional molecular topography and open-closed conformations of both the extracellular and cytoplasmic faces.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2011
|
0.94
|
|
22
|
An MIP/AQP0 mutation with impaired trafficking and function underlies an autosomal dominant congenital lamellar cataract.
|
Exp Eye Res
|
2012
|
0.93
|
|
23
|
Critical role of the first transmembrane domain of Cx26 in regulating oligomerization and function.
|
Mol Biol Cell
|
2012
|
0.92
|
|
24
|
Connexin43 increases the sensitivity of prostate cancer cells to TNFalpha-induced apoptosis.
|
J Cell Sci
|
2007
|
0.92
|
|
25
|
Cx30.2 can form heteromeric gap junction channels with other cardiac connexins.
|
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2008
|
0.92
|
|
26
|
A connexin50 mutant, CX50fs, that causes cataracts is unstable, but is rescued by a proteasomal inhibitor.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2013
|
0.92
|
|
27
|
Transgenic overexpression of connexin50 induces cataracts.
|
Exp Eye Res
|
2007
|
0.90
|
|
28
|
Cytoplasmic amino acids within the membrane interface region influence connexin oligomerization.
|
J Membr Biol
|
2012
|
0.89
|
|
29
|
Different domains are critical for oligomerization compatibility of different connexins.
|
Biochem J
|
2011
|
0.89
|
|
30
|
Connexin50D47A decreases levels of fiber cell connexins and impairs lens fiber cell differentiation.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2013
|
0.89
|
|
31
|
Connexin43 with a cytoplasmic loop deletion inhibits the function of several connexins.
|
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2005
|
0.88
|
|
32
|
The GJA8 allele encoding CX50I247M is a rare polymorphism, not a cataract-causing mutation.
|
Mol Vis
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
33
|
The N terminus of connexin37 contains an alpha-helix that is required for channel function.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
34
|
The cytoplasmic accumulations of the cataract-associated mutant, Connexin50P88S, are long-lived and form in the endoplasmic reticulum.
|
Exp Eye Res
|
2008
|
0.85
|
|
35
|
Adenoviral delivery of human connexin37 induces endothelial cell death through apoptosis.
|
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2004
|
0.84
|
|
36
|
Highly restricted pattern of connexin36 expression in chick somite development.
|
Anat Embryol (Berl)
|
2004
|
0.82
|
|
37
|
A carboxyl terminal domain of connexin43 is critical for gap junction plaque formation but not for homo- or hetero-oligomerization.
|
Cell Commun Adhes
|
2003
|
0.82
|
|
38
|
c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation contributes to reduced connexin43 and development of atrial arrhythmias.
|
Cardiovasc Res
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
39
|
Inducible coexpression of connexin37 or connexin40 with connexin43 selectively affects intercellular molecular transfer.
|
J Membr Biol
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
40
|
The connexin46 mutant, Cx46T19M, causes loss of gap junction function and alters hemi-channel gating.
|
J Membr Biol
|
2014
|
0.76
|