Impaired expression and posttranslational processing of connexin43 and downregulation of gap junctional communication in neoplastic human prostate cells

Prostate

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-59

  Hossain, Mohammad Z ^a   Jagdale, Ajit B ^a   Ao, Peng ^a   LeCiel, Cosette ^b   Huang, Ruo Pan ^a   Boynton, Alton L ^a  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pac NW Cancer Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell communication; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Prostate tumor

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032894558     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19990101)38:1<55::AID-PROS7>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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