Gap junctions in 9L and C6 glioma cells: Correlation with growth characteristics

Cytobios

Volumn 1996, Issue 358-359, 1997, Pages 209-225

  Singh, M V ^a   Bhatnagar, R ^b   Price, C J ^c   Malhotra, S K ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Gap junctions; Glioma cell lines; Growth characteristics

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCENT DYE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GLIOMA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIVISION; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031300031     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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