Identification of two further gap-junctional proteins, connexin40 and connexin45, in human myometrial smooth muscle cells at term

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Kilarski, Wincenty M ^a,b,c   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Coppen, Steven ^a   Yeh, Hung I ^a   Vozzi, Cristina ^a   Gourdie, Robert G ^d   Rezapour, Masoumeh ^e   Ulmsten, Ulf ^e   Roomans, Godfried M ^b   Severs, Nicholas J ^a,f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexins 45, 40 and 43; Gap junction; Heart; Human myometrium; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031888977     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80040-X     Document Type: Article

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