Heterogeneity in the distribution of vascular gap junctions and connexins: Implications for function

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 620-625

  Hill, C E ^a   Rummery, N ^a   Hickey, H ^a   Sandow, S L ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connexins; Electron microscopy; Gap junctions; Heterogeneity; mRNA; Protein; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Vascular

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY MUSCLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENTERY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

EID: 0036016630     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03699.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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