Expression of major gap junction connexin types in the working myocardium of eight chordates

Cell Biology International

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 527-543

  Becker, David L ^a   Cook, Jeremy E ^a   Davies, Catherine S ^a,c   Evans, W Howard ^b   Gourdie, Robert G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Fish; Frog; Gap junction; Marsupial; Molecular evolution; Reptile; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHICKEN; CHORDATA; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FROG; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPTILE; TELEOST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032108936     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1998.0295     Document Type: Article

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