Connexin 43 expression in normal and irradiated mouse skin

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-441

  Liu, Ke ^a   Kasper, Michael ^b   Bierhaus, Angelika ^b   Langer, Silke ^b   Müller, Martin ^b   Trott, Klaus Rüdiger ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRRADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; X-RAYS;

EID: 0030948113     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579500     Document Type: Article

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