Gap junctions and connexins: Potential contributors to the immunological synapse

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 636-642

  Oviedo Orta, Ernesto ^a   Evans, W Howard ^b  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cell adhesion; Cytometry; Flow; Immune response; Inflammation; Intercellular communication; Peptides

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOID TISSUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036826801     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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