Altered gap junctional communication, intercellular signaling, and growth in cultured astrocytes deficient in connexin43

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 528-540

  Naus, Christian C G ^a   Bechberger, John F ^a   Zhang, Yuchun ^a   Venance, Laurent ^b   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^c   Juneja, Subhash C ^a   Kidder, Gerald M ^a   Giaume, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Connexin43; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030769839     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970901)49:5<528::AID-JNR3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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