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GJA3

Gap junction alpha-3 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJA3 gene.[1][2][3]

Interactions

Interactions

GJA3 has been shown to interact with Tight junction protein 1.[4]

References

References

  1. Mackay D, Ionides A, Kibar Z, Rouleau G, Berry V, Moore A, Shiels A, Bhattacharya S (May 1999). “Connexin46 mutations in autosomal dominant congenital cataract”. Am J Hum Genet. 64 (5): 1357–64. doi:10.1086/302383. PMC 1377871. PMID 10205266.
  2. Rosenberg AM, Gole GA (Jul 1982). “Morning Glory Syndrome: a report of two cases”. Aust J Ophthalmol. 9 (4): 263–5. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9071.1981.tb00919.x. PMID 7342922.
  3. “Entrez Gene: GJA3 gap junction protein, alpha 3, 46kDa”.
  4. Nielsen, Peter A; Baruch Amos; Shestopalov Valery I; Giepmans Ben N G; Dunia Irene; Benedetti E Lucio; Kumar Nalin M (Jun 2003). “Lens connexins alpha3Cx46 and alpha8Cx50 interact with zonula occludens protein-1 (ZO-1)”. Mol. Biol. Cell. 14 (6): 2470–81. doi:10.1091/mbc.E02-10-0637. ISSN 1059-1524. PMC 194895. PMID 12808044.
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