Increased connexin-43 and gap junctional communication correlate with altered phenotypic characteristics of cells overexpressing the receptor for hyaluronic acid-mediated motility

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 745-751

  Nagy, J I ^a   Hossain, M Z ^a,c   Lynn, B D ^a   Curpen, G E ^b   Yang, S ^b   Turley, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 43; HYALURONIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL GROWTH; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CELL DENSITY; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCAL ADHESION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL MOVEMENT; CONNEXIN 43; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029805274     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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