Connexin 33: A rodent-specific member of the gap junction protein family?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Fischer, Petra ^a   Brehm, Ralph ^a   Konrad, Lutz ^b   Hartmann, Sonja ^a   Kliesch, Sabine ^c   Bohle, Rainer M ^a   Bergmann, Martin ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

cx33; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 33; FERRITIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICRODISSECTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CONNEXINS; CROSS REACTIONS; DOGS; FERRITINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

EID: 10844265540     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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