Cloning of a new gap junction gene (Cx36) highly expressed in mammalian brain neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1202-1208

  Condorelli, Daniele Filippo ^a   Parenti, Rosalba ^a   Spinella, Francesca ^a   Salinaro, Angela Trovato ^a   Belluardo, Natale ^a   Cardile, Venera ^a   Cicirata, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connexin; Inferior olive; Mouse; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; DNA LIBRARY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERIOR OLIVE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031926704     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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