Gap junctions, homeostasis, and injury

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-282

  De Maio, Antonio ^a   Vega, Virginia L ^a   Contreras, Jorge E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL METABOLISM; CHANNEL GATING; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; PERMEABILITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036237432     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10108     Document Type: Review

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