Coupling of Astrocyte Connexins Cx26, Cx30, Cx43 to Oligodendrocyte Cx29, Cx32, Cx47: Implications from Normal and Connexin32 Knockout Mice

GLIA

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-218

  Nagy, J I ^a   Ionescu, A V ^a   Lynn, B D ^a   Rash, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin29; Connexin30; Connexin32; Connexin47; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 29; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 0344876141     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.10278     Document Type: Article

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