Retroviral expression of connexins in embryonic chick lens

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 537-543

  Jiang, Jean X ^a   Goodenough, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURFACE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICROINJECTIONS; RETROVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031886097     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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