Neoplastic phenotype of gap-junctional intercellular communication- deficient WB rat liver epithelial cells and its reversal by forced expression of connexin 32

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-127

  Rae, Robert S ^a   Mehta, Parmender P ^b   Chang, Chia Cheng ^c   Trosko, James E ^c   Ruch, Randall J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Contact inhibition; Retrovirus; Transformation; Tumorigenicity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 32; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GAP JUNCTION; LIVER CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETROVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CONNEXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; LIVER; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031807020     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199806)22:2<120::AID-MC7>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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