Molecular studies of human connexin 43 (Cx43) expression in isolated corporal tissue strips and cultured corporal smooth muscle cells

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-143

  Serels, S ^a   Day, N S ^a   Wen, Y P ^a   Giraldi, A ^a,b   Lee, S W ^a   Melman, A ^a   Christ, G J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Corporal smooth muscle; Erectile dysfunction; Gap junctions; Molecular studies

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0031670927     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900336     Document Type: Article

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