Negative Growth Control of HeLa Cells by Conncxin Genes: Conncxin Species Specificity

Cancer Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 629-639

  Mesnil, M ^a   Krutovskikh, V ^a   Piccoli, C ^a   Yamasaki, H ^a   Elfgang, C ^b   Traub, O ^b   Willecke, K ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CLONE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH REGULATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNEXINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMAN; ISOQUINOLINES; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0028939358     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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