Stem cells of the corneal epithelium lack connexins and metabolite transfer capacity

Differentiation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-260

  Matic, Maja ^a   Petrov, Igor N ^a   Chen, Shuhua ^a   Wang, Christine ^a   Dimitrijevich, Slobodan D ^b   Wolosin, J Mario ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030682473     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1997.6140251.x     Document Type: Article

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