Expression of gap junction proteins connexin 26 and connexin 43 in normal human breast and in breast tumours

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-43

  Jamieson, Susan ^a   Going, James J ^b   D'Arcy, Roy ^a   George, W David ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Cellular junction; Connexin; Gap junction; Human; Myoepithelium; Myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN;

EID: 0031908039     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199801)184:1<37::AID-PATH966>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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