Distribution of gap junction protein connexin 37 in smooth muscle cells of the rat trachea and pulmonary artery

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-37

  Nakamura, Kyoko ^a   Inai, Tetsuichiro ^a   Nakamura, Keiichiro ^a   Shibata, Yosaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBITS; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEA;

EID: 0032945785     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.62.27     Document Type: Article

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