Gap junctional communication modulates agonist-induced calcium oscillations in transfected HeLa cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 881-887

  Lin, George C ^a   Rurangirwa, Jacqueline K ^a   Koval, Michael ^b   Steinberg, Thomas H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium waves; Cell signalling; Connexin; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; CONNEXIN 43; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; MICE; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

EID: 1642355696     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00942     Document Type: Article

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