Functional gap junctions in the Schwann cell myelin sheath

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1095-1104

  Balice Gordon, Rita J ^a,b   Bone, Linda J ^a   Scherer, Steven S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junctions; Glia; Myelin; Neuropathy; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GAP JUNCTION; GEOMETRY; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CADHERINS; CONNEXINS; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HALOTHANE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MYELIN SHEATH; OCTANOLS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0032563605     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.4.1095     Document Type: Article

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