Sequestration of Connexin43 in the Early Endosomes: An Early Event of Leydig Cell Tumor Progression

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 179-187

  Segretain, Dominique ^a,b   Decrouy, Xavier ^a,b   Dompierre, Jim ^c   Escalier, Denise ^d   Rahman, Nafis ^e   Fiorini, Céline ^a,b   Mograbi, Baharia ^a,b   Siffroi, Jean Pierre ^d   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^e   Fenichel, Patrick ^a,b   Pointis, Georges ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cx43 sequestration; Early endosomes; Leydig cell tumors

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOSOME; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL DETECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSOMES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0348134730     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.10160     Document Type: Article

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