Connexin 47 (Cx47)-deficient mice with enhanced green fluorescent protein reporter gene reveal predominant oligodendrocytic expression of Cx47 and display vacuolized myelin in the CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4549-4559

  Odermatt, Benjamin ^a   Wellershaus, Kerstin ^a   Wallraff, Anke ^a   Seifert, Gerald ^a   Degen, Joachim ^a   Euwens, Carsten ^a   Fuss, Babette ^b   Büssow, Heinrich ^a   Schilling, Karl ^a   Steinhäuser, Christian ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx32 Cx47 double deficient mice; EGFP; Gap junctions; Glia cells; Oligodendrocytes; Vacuolation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYELIN; PROTEIN S100B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BRAIN; CELL VACUOLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TREMOR; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0038456539     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-11-04549.2003     Document Type: Article

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