Restricted expression of the gap junctional protein connexin 43 in the arterial system of the rat

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 583-593

  Hong, Tao ^a   Hill, Caryl E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelia; Gap junctions; Media; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CELL JUNCTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; BASILAR ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONNEXIN 43; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTIC TISSUE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPATIC ARTERY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; TAIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031824584     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878298003653     Document Type: Article

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