Presence and importance of connexin43 during myogenesis

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 10, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 451-456

  Araya, Roberto ^a   Eckardt, Dominik ^b   Riquelme, Manuel A ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Sáez, Juan C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C2C12 cells; Cx43 ablation; Differentiation; Myogenin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CREATINE KINASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MYOGENIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0345865161     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/cac.10.4-6.451.456     Document Type: Article

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