Late onset and increasing expression of the gap junction protein connexin30 in adult murine brain and long-term cultured astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Kunzelmann, P ^a,b   Schroder W ^a   Traub, O ^a   Steinhauser C ^a   Dermietzel, R ^c   Willecke, Klaus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CCIPE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ependymal cells; Leptomeningeal cells; Mature astrocytes

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJB6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN LEVEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEUROPIL; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEUROPIL; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 0344528803     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(19990115)25:2<111::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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