Quiescent mammary epithelial cells have reduced connexin43 but maintain a high level of gap junction intercellular communication

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Sia, Michael A ^a   Woodward, Terry L ^b   Turner, Jeffrey D ^c   Laird, Dale W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nexia Biotechnologies Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Quiescence; 1 connexin

Indexed keywords

BROMODEOXYCYTIDINE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTACT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

EID: 0033008876     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1999)24:1/2<111::AID-DVG11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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