Cells heterozygous for the ApcMin mutation have decreased gap junctional intercellular communication and connexin43 level, and reduced microtubule polymerization

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 643-650

  Husøy, Trine ^b   Cruciani, Véronique ^a   Knutsen, Helle K ^b   Mikalsen, Svein Ole ^a   Ølstørn, Hege B ^b   Alexander, Jan ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 29; CONNEXIN 31; CONNEXIN 39; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 50; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN; BIOPOLYMER; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENES, APC; HETEROZYGOTE; MICE; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0038054914     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgg007     Document Type: Review

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