Immunocytochemical analysis of connexin expression in the healthy and diseased cardiovascular system

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-322

  Severs, Nicholas J ^a   Rothery, Stephen ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Coppen, Steven R ^a   Yeh, Hung I ^a,b   Ko, Yu Shien ^a,c   Matsushita, Tsutomu ^a   Kaba, Riyaz ^a   Halliday, Deborah ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Endothelium; Freeze fracture cytochemistry; Gap junctions; Heart; Myocyte; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MUSCLE;

ARTERIAL WALL; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIUM; FREEZE FRACTURE; FREEZE-FRACTURE CYTOCHEMISTRY; GAP-JUNCTIONS; MYOCYTES; NORMAL FUNCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; SMOOTH MUSCLES;

HEART;

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45;

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0035252340     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010201)52:3<301::AID-JEMT1015>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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