Distribution of Connexin43 immunoreactivity in the retinas of different vertebrates

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 310-321

  Janssen Bienhold, Ulrike ^a   Dermietzel, Rolf ^b   Weiler, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexins; Coupling; Gap junctions; Neural network; Vertebrate retina

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TURTLE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CARPS; CHICKENS; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; TURTLES; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0032490548     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980706)396:3<310::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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