Variable conformation of GAP junctions linking bone cells: A transmission electron microscopic study of linear, stacked linear, curvilinear, oval, and annular junctions

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-293

  Shapiro, F ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular junctions; Bone; Curvilinear junctions; Gap junctions; Oval junctions; Stacked junctions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE CELL; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE AND BONES; FEMUR; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSTEOCYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIBIA;

EID: 0030983903     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900337     Document Type: Article

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