Mutations of connexin32 in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type X interfere with cell-to-cell communication but not cell proliferation and myelin- specific gene expression

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 154-161

  Yoshimura, Takeo ^a   Satake, Marie ^a   Ohnishi, Akio ^b   Tsutsumi, Yukiko ^c   Fujikura, Yoshihisa ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Connexin32; Gap junction; Mutation; Myelin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEMYELINATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GLIOMA CELL; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELIN SHEATH; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032518241     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980115)51:2<154::AID-JNR4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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