Functional gap junctions in corneal fibroblasts and myofibroblasts

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1320-1328

  Spanakis, Spiro G ^a   Petridou, Sevastiani ^a   Masur, Sandra K ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ALPHA ACTIN; CONNEXIN 43; DEXTRAN; DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CORNEA; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL STROMA; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROINJECTIONS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RABBITS; XANTHENES;

EID: 0031777040     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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