Role of catenins in the development of gap junctions in rat cardiomyocytes

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 823-835

  Wu, Jiahn Chun ^a   Tsai, Ru Yin ^a   Chung, Tun Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

catenin; catenin; Cardiomyocyte; Cx43; Gap junction; ZO 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM ION; CATENIN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GUANYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ZO1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL TRANSPORT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0037371343     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10390     Document Type: Article

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