Immunocytochemical demonstration of the gap junction proteins connexin 43 and connexin 45 in the musculature of the rat small intestine

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 306, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 417-422

  Seki, Keisuke ^a   Komuro, Terumasa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin (Cx); Gap junction; Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC); Rat (Wistar); Small intestine

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION AND CELL CONTACT; COILED BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035209749     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-001-0470-2     Document Type: Article

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