Connexin 36 controls synchronization of Ca2+ oscillations and insulin secretion in MIN6 cells

Diabetes

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 417-424

  Calabrese, Alessandra ^a   Zhang, Min ^b   Serre Beinier, Véronique ^a   Caton, David ^a   Mas, Christophe ^a   Satin, Leslie S ^b   Meda, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 36; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; INSULIN RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL LINE; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037315584     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.2.417     Document Type: Article

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