Characterization of gap junctions between cultured leptomeningeal cells

Brain Research

Volumn 568, Issue 1-2, 1991, Pages 1-14

  Spray, D C ^a   Moreno, A P ^a   Kessler, J A ^a   Dermietzel, R ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Connexin 43; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Electronic synapse; Halothane; Junctional conductance; Meninges; Messenger ribonucleic acid; Single channel

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HALOTHANE; HEPTANOL; OCTANOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOMENINX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOLS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARACHNOID; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HALOTHANE; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PIA MATER; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026343092     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(91)91373-9     Document Type: Article

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