Gap junctions in human umbilical cord endothelial cells contain multiple connexins

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Van Rijen, Harold V M ^a,b   Van Kempen, Marjan J A ^a   Analbers, Luc J S ^a   Rook, Martin B ^a   Van Ginneken, Antoni C G ^b   Gros, Daniel ^c   Jongsma, Habo J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

connexin 37; connexin 40; connexin 43; immunohistochemistry; single channel conductance

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031017352     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.272.1.c117     Document Type: Article

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