Background: Gap junctions and connexins Expression of Cx30.3 in skin Cx30.3 mutations and skin disease Explaining the Project: Your mutation (how is the protein different than wildtype) Site-directed mutagenesis and oocyte expression to understand mutations Introductory figures: Include at least one figure Clear explanation of all figure/s included in body of the text Clear figure legend for each figure (written by you, included below each figure)