Structural organization of gap junctions as revealed by freeze-fracture and SDS fracture-labeling

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 575-582

  Lucio Benedetti, E ^a   Dunia, Irène ^a   Recouvreur, Michel ^a   Nicolas, Pierre ^a   Kumar, Nalin M ^b   Bloemendal, Hans ^c  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 0; Connexons; Eye lens; Gap junctions; SDS fracture labeling

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; OLIGOMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033839202     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00081     Document Type: Article

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