Specific localization of gap junction protein, connexin45, in the deep muscular plexus of dog and rat small intestine

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 487-494

  Nakamura, Kei Ichiro ^a   Kuraoka, Akio ^a   Kawabuchi, Masaru ^a   Shibata, Yosaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscope; Connexin; Dog; Gap junctions; Intestinal pacemaker; Rat; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; COLON; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DOG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DOGS; DUODENUM; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTIONS; ILEUM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RABBITS; RATS;

EID: 0031870008     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051077     Document Type: Article

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