Gap-junction disassembly and connexin 43 dephosphorylation induced by 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-164

  Guan, Xiaojun ^a   Wilson, Susan ^a   Schlender, Keith K ^a   Ruch, Randall J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

immunofluorescence; liver; okadaic acid; Phosphatase

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; SAPORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; GLYCYRRHIZA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; LIVER; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SAPONINS;

ANIMALIA; GLYCYRRHIZA;

EID: 0029757386     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199607)16:3<157::AID-MC6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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