Connexin expression and intercellular communication in two- and three- dimensional in vitro cultures of human bladder carcinoma

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1321-1332

  Knuechel, Ruth ^a   Siebert Wellnhofer, Andrea ^a   Traub, Otto ^b   Dermietzel, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLORING AGENTS; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029834569     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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