New insights into the expression and function of neural connexins with transgenic mouse mutants

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 245-259

  Söhl, Goran ^a   Odermatt, Benjamin ^a   Maxeiner, Stephan ^a   Degen, Joachim ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

B: Cellular and molecular biology; connexin; Connexin deficient mouse; Cx; Gene structure and function; Human connexin gene; Human connexin mutant; Mouse connexin gene; polymerase chain reaction after reverse transcription; Reporter gene; RT PCR; UTR

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPENDYMA CELL; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MACROGLIA; MEMORY; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 1642340298     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.05.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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