The biological conditions of assessment of ethylene glycol-induced inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication by metabolic cooperation assay

Folia Biologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 109-114

  Vitek J A ^a  

^a Research Institute of Child Health Brno   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Metabolic cooperation assay; Scrape loading; Short and long treatments

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343051998     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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