Rat uterine myometrium contains the gap junction protein connexin45, which has a differing temporal expression pattern from connexin43

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 853-858

  Albrecht, J L ^a   Atal, N S ^a   Tadros, P N ^a   Orsino, A ^a   Lye, S J ^a   Sadovsky, Y ^a   Beyer, E C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

connexin43; connexin45; Gap junctions; rat myometrium; SHM ER cells

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; MUSCLE CELL; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029859224     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)80012-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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