Developmental expression and assembly of connexins into homomeric and heteromeric gap junction hemichannels in the mouse mammary gland

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-237

  Locke, Darren ^a   Perusinghe, Nina ^a   Newman, Terry ^a   Jayatilake, Hiran ^a   Evans, W Howard ^b   Monaghan, Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034115524     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(200005)183:2<228::AID-JCP9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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