Effects of calcium on gap junctions between osteoblast-like cells in culture

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Schirrmacher, K ^a   Nonhoff, D ^a   Wiemann, M ^a   Peterson Grine, E ^b   Brink, P R ^b   Bingmann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Dye coupling; Gap junction channels; Intercellular communication; Osteoblast like cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GAP JUNCTIONS; OSTEOBLASTS; RATS;

EID: 0029850676     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900120     Document Type: Article

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