Development of gap junctional channels and intercellular communication in rat liver during ontogenesis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Iwai, Masaki ^a,d   Harada, Yoshinori ^a   Muramatsu, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Saiyu ^a   Mori, Takahiro ^a   Okanoue, Takeshi ^a   Katoh, Fumitaka ^b   Ohkusa, Toshifumi ^c   Kashima, Kei ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Masaki Iwai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Connexin 32; Cytodifferentiation; Gap junction; Liver; Ontogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETUS; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIVER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0033961680     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80184-1     Document Type: Article

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