Immunogold evidence that neuronal gap junctions in adult rat brain and spinal cord contain connexin-36 but not connexin-32 or connexin-43

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 7573-7578

  Rash, J E ^a   Staines, W A ^b   Yasumura, T ^a   Patel, D ^b   Furman, C S ^a   Stelmack, G L ^c   Nagy, J I ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFERIOR OLIVE; MAMMAL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SPINAL CORD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034691084     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.13.7573     Document Type: Article

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