Gap junction blockage interferes with neuronal and astroglial differentiation of mouse p19 embryonal carcinoma cells

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 69-81

  Bani Yaghoub, Mahmud ^a   Underhill, T Michael ^a   Naus, Christian C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbenoxolone; Connexin; Development; Glycyrrhizic acid; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033045193     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6408(1999)24:1/2<69::aid-dvg8>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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