Immortalized connexin43 knockout cell lines display a subset of biological properties associated with the transformed phenotype

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1015-1027

  Martyn, Kendra Dean ^a,b   Kurata, Wendy E ^a   Warn Cramer, Bonnie J ^a   Burt, Janis M ^c   TenBroek, Erica ^d   Lau, Alan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CLONE CELLS; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; RNA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030928698     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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