Site-specific and developmental expression of pannexin1 in the mouse nervous system

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3277-3290

  Ray, Arundhati ^a   Zoidl, Georg ^a   Weickert, Svenja ^a   Wahle, Petra ^a   Dermietzel, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Electrical synapses; Gap junctions; Pannexin1

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PANNEXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERIOR OLIVE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; THALAMUS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 21844440311     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04139.x     Document Type: Article

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