Transcriptional and translational regulation of zebrafish connexin 55.5 (zf.Cx.55.5) and connexin 52.6 (zf.Cx52.6)

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 10, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 227-231

  Ul Hussain, Mahboob ^a   Kremer, Marian ^a   Zoidl, Georg ^a   Dermietzel, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexins; Promoter analyses; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 52; CONNEXIN 55; DNA FRAGMENT; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE VECTOR; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0347756825     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714040432     Document Type: Article

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