Gap junctions in the eye: Evidence for heteromeric, heterotypic and mixed-homotypic interactions

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-120

  Vaney, David I ^a   Weiler, Reto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary body; Connexin; Lens; Retina

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CILIARY BODY; EYE; GAP JUNCTION; LENS; MACROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034026102     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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