Transfection of rhabdomyosarcoma cells with connexin43 induces myogenic differentiation

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 533-540

  Proulx, Alain A ^a   Lin, Zhong Xiang ^b   Naus, Christian C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXIN 43; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 14444288753     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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