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The diversity of connexin genes encoding gap junctional proteins
K Willecke et al. Eur J Cell Biol. 1991 Oct.
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The multigene family of connexins is larger than previously anticipated. Ten different connexin homologous sequences have been characterized in the mouse genome, five of which are probably the mouse analogues of the known rat connexins26, -31, -32, -43, and -46. Since the additional 5 sequences have been isolated as cDNAs or hybridize specifically to distinct mRNA species, they most likely represent functional connexin genes. Since seven of the genomic connexin sequences have been shown to contain no intron in the coding sequence, this may apply to all mammalian connexin genes. Some of the structural features based on amino acid sequences deduced from cDNA or genomic sequences and the RNA expression pattern of the new connexins are compared with previously described connexins. The structural diversity of the connexin genes suggests that they fulfill different functions coordinated with, and perhaps required for, different programs of cellular differentiation.
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