Expression of a Cx43 deletion mutant in 3T3 A31 fibroblasts prevents PDGF-induced inhibition of cell communication and suppresses cell growth

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 367-376

  Moorby, Catriona D ^a   Gherardi, Ermanno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell communication; Gap junctions; Growth regulation; PDGF

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FIBROBLAST; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033563786     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4485     Document Type: Article

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