Connexins and secretion

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 94, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 477-492

  Serre Beinier, Véronique ^a   Mas, Christophe ^a   Calabrese, Alessandra ^a   Caton, David ^a   Bauquis, Juliette ^a   Caille, Dorothée ^a   Charollais, Anne ^a   Cirulli, Vincenzo ^b   Meda, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine glands; Exocrine glands; Gap junctions; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SECRETION; CELL TYPE; ENDOCRINE GLAND; EXOCRINE GLAND; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SECRETORY CELL;

EID: 0036873594     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(02)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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