Connexin37 is the major connexin expressed in the media of caudal artery

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1427-1432

  Rummery, Nicole M ^a   Hickey, Haruyo ^a   McGurk, Gordon ^a   Hill, Caryl E ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caudal artery; Connexin; Endothelium; Smooth muscle; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAN SACRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0036739921     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000028814.45706.E5     Document Type: Article

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