Differential expression of four connexin genes, Cx-26, Cx-30.3, Cx-32, and Cx-43, in the porcine ovarian follicle

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 5036-5044

  Itahana, Koji ^a   Morikazu, Yoko ^a   Takeya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THECA CELL;

EID: 0029806070     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.11.8895378     Document Type: Article

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