Gap junctions containing α8-connexin (MP70) in the adult mammalian lens epithelium suggests a re-evaluation of its role in the lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-56

  Dahm, Ralf ^a   Van Marle, Jan ^b   Prescott, Alan R ^a   Quinlan, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connexin; Heterotypic heteromeric gap junctions; Lens; Subcellular localisation

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032789891     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0670     Document Type: Article

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