Altered connexin expression and wound healing in the epidermis of connexin-deficient mice

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3443-3452

  Kretz, Markus ^a   Euwens, Carsten ^a   Hombach, Sonja ^a   Eckardt, Dominik ^a   Teubner, Barbara ^a,b   Traub, Otto ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a   Ott, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; Connexin deficient mice; cx; Epidermis; Gap junction; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 31; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TAIL; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0041884855     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00638     Document Type: Review

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