Mast cells express connexins on their cytoplasmic membrane

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 656-662

  Vliagoftis, Harissios ^a   Hutson, Anne M ^b   Mahmudi Azer, Salahaddin ^b   Kim, Hansoo ^b   Rumsaeng, Vanitcha ^b   Oh, Chad K ^b   Moqbel, Redwan ^b   Metcalfe, Dean D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell communication; Connexins; Fibroblasts; Gap junctions; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LASER MICROSCOPY; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032984070     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70239-3     Document Type: Article

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