Individual gap junction plaques contain multiple connexins in arterial endothelium

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1248-1263

  Yeh, Hung I ^a   Rothery, Stephen ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Coppen, Steven R ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin; Endothelium; Freeze fracture cytochemistry; Gap junction; Immunoconfocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0032576554     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.12.1248     Document Type: Article

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