Astrocyte Cultures from Conditional Connexin43-Deficient Mice

GLIA

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-141

  Theis, Martin ^a,c   Speidel, Dina ^a,b   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Cx43; Dye coupling; GFAP; Primary astrocyte cultures

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LETHAL GENE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORING AGENTS; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TRYPSIN;

EID: 2342467884     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.10350     Document Type: Article

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