Intercellular communication in the eye: Clarifying the need for connexin diversity

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-137

  White, Thomas W ^a   Bruzzone, Roberto ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Connexin diversity; Eye; Intercellular communication

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; EYE; GAP JUNCTION; ION TRANSPORT; KNOCKOUT GENE; LENS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; SECOND MESSENGER; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034077206     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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