RhoA GTPase Switch Controls Cx43-Hemichannel Activity through the Contractile System

Raf Ponsaerts; Catheleyne D’hondt; Fréderic Hertens; Jan B. Parys; Luc Leybaert; Johan Vereecke; Bernard Himpens; Geert Bultynck

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042074

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RhoA GTPase Switch Controls Cx43-Hemichannel Activity through the Contractile System

Raf Ponsaerts ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Raf Ponsaerts, Catheleyne D’hondt

* E-mail: raf.ponsaerts@med.kuleuven.be (RP); geert.bultynck@med.kuleuven.be (GB)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Catheleyne D’hondt ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Raf Ponsaerts, Catheleyne D’hondt

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Fréderic Hertens,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Jan B. Parys,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Luc Leybaert,

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Physiology Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Johan Vereecke,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Bernard Himpens,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Geert Bultynck

* E-mail: raf.ponsaerts@med.kuleuven.be (RP); geert.bultynck@med.kuleuven.be (GB)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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RhoA GTPase Switch Controls Cx43-Hemichannel Activity through the Contractile System

Raf Ponsaerts,
Catheleyne D’hondt,
Fréderic Hertens,
Jan B. Parys,
Luc Leybaert,
Johan Vereecke,
Bernard Himpens,
Geert Bultynck

Published: July 30, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042074

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