Direct gap junction communication between malignant glioma cells and astrocytes

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1994-2003

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Couldwell, William T ^a   Simard, Marie F ^a   Song, Hua ^a   Lin, Jane H C ^a   Nedergaard, Maiken ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CANCER INVASION; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033561646     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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