Decreased gap-junctional communication associated with segregation of the neuronal phenotype in the RT4 cell-line family

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-35

  Donahue, Laurel M ^a   Webster, Daniel R ^a   Martinez, Ivvanee ^a   Spray, David C ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Cx43; Differentiation; Neural crest; Neural development; Peripheral nervous system; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; GAP JUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RHODAMINES; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031939882     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051031     Document Type: Article

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