Multiple connexin expression in peripheral nerve, Schwann cells, and Schwannoma cells

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 166-175

  Mambetisaeva, Elvira T ^a,b   Gire, Véronique ^a   Evans, W Howard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin 32; Connexin 43; Gap junctions; Rat sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; NEURILEMOMA; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORSKOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; ISOQUINOLINES; NEURILEMMOMA; PITUITARY HORMONES; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033566352     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990715)57:2<166::AID-JNR2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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