Colocalization of connexin 43 and connexin 45 but absence of connexin 40 in granulosa cell gap junctions of rat ovary

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-264

  Okuma, A ^a   Kuraoka, A ^a   Iida, H ^a   Inai, T ^a   Wasano, K ^a   Shibata, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STROMA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029767899     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1070255     Document Type: Article

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