Gap junctions in intestinal smooth muscle and interstitial cells of Cajal

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 309-320

  Daniel, Edwin E ^a,b   Wang, Yu Fang ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Myenteric plexus; Slow wave

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MUSCLE;

CIRCULAR MUSCLES; CONNEXIN; GAP-JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; LONGITUDINAL MUSCLES; MUSCLE CELL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; SLOW WAVE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BRUSH BORDER; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; ION TRANSPORT; LEYDIG CELL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLOW MUSCLE;

EID: 0032794408     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19991201)47:5<309::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Review

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