Expression of the gap-junction connexins 26 and 30 in the rat cochlea

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-420

  Lautermann, Jürgen ^a   Ten Cate, Wouter Jan F ^a   Altenhoff, Petra ^a   Grümmer, Ruth ^a   Traub, Otto ^b   Frank, H G ^c   Jahnke, Klaus ^a   Winterhager, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexins; Gap junctions; Inner ear; Rat (Wistar)

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; GAP JUNCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA VASCULARIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRIA VASCULARIS;

EID: 0031795109     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051192     Document Type: Article

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