Cx32 mRNA in rat liver: Effects of inflammation on poly(A) tail distribution and mRNA degradation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 5 45-5, 1999, Pages

  Theodorakis, Nicholas G ^a,b   De Maio, Antonio ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular communication; Connexins; Endotoxin; Gap junctions; Gene regulation; Hepatocytes; MRNA stability

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA DEGRADATION;

EID: 0033005414     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.5.r1249     Document Type: Article

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