LacSwitch® II regulation of connexin43 cDNA expression enables gap-junction single-channel analysis

BioTechniques

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1034-1046

  Zhong, G ^a,b   Mantel, P L ^a   Jiang, X ^a   Jarry Guichard, T ^c   Gros, D ^c   Labarrere, C ^d   Moreno, Alonso P ^a,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLONING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

ELECTRICAL COUPLINGS;

DNA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 43; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LACTOSE OPERON; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LAC OPERON; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RATS;

EID: 0037990082     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/03345rr03     Document Type: Article

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