Connexin43 in porcine myocardium and non-pregnant myometrium

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-140

  Karasinski, J ^a   Semik, D ^a   Kilarski, W ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junctions; Myocardium; Myometrium; Pig; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034014052     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.2000.0096     Document Type: Article

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