Alteration of Cx43:Cx40 expression ratio in A7r5 cells

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 3 49-3, 2001, Pages

  Burt, Janis M ^a,b   Fletcher, Anna M ^a   Steele, Timothy D ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   Trevor Cottrell, G ^a   Kurjiaka, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Connexin40; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Heteromeric channel

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035007766     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2001.280.3.c500     Document Type: Article

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