Gap junctional communication coordinates vasopressin-induced glycogenolysis in rat hepatocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 6 37-6, 1998, Pages

  Eugenín, Eliseo A ^a   González, Hernan ^a   Sáez, Claudia G ^a   Sáez, Juan C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

18 Glycyrrhetinic acid; Cell to cell communication; Cultured hepatocytes; Glycogen content; Octanol

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; OCTANOL; SURAMIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ISOLATION; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031744802     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.274.6.g1109     Document Type: Article

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