Cx36 preferentially connects β-cells within pancreatic islets

Diabetes

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 727-734

  Serre Beinier, Véronique ^a,e   Le Gurun, Sabine ^b   Belluardo, Natale ^c   Trovato Salinaro, Angela ^d   Charollais, Anne ^a   Haefliger, Jacques Antoine ^b   Condorelli, Daniele F ^d   Meda, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; PANCREAS ISLET CELL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034115365     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.49.5.727     Document Type: Article

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