Reduced expression of connexin-43 and functional gap junction coupling in human gliomas

GLIA

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-117

  Soroceanu, Liliana ^a   Manning Jr , Timothy J ^a   Sontheimer, Harald ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Epilepsy; FRAP; Gap junction; Glioma

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P16INK4A;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035131292     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-1136(200102)33:2<107::AID-GLIA1010>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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