Gap junction and tissue invasion: A comparison of tumorigenesis and pregnancy

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1058-1061

  Winterhager, E ^a   Reuss, B ^a   Hellmann, P ^a   Spray, D C ^b   Gruemmer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Rat; Retinoic acid; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL JUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT;

EID: 0030455143     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb01169.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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