Transient involvement of gap junctional communication before fusion of newborn rat myoblasts

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Constantin, Bruno ^a   Cronier, Laurent ^a   Raymond, Guy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusional coupling; Gap junction; Gap FRAP method; Myoblast fusion

Indexed keywords

DYE; HEPTANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; FLUORESCENCE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MUSCLE CELL; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030948387     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(99)80084-5     Document Type: Article

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