Transient upregulation of connexin43 gap junctions and synchronized cell cycle control precede myoblast fusion in regenerating skeletal muscle in vivo

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 573-583

  Gorbe, Aniko ^a   Becker, David L ^b   Dux, Laszlo ^a   Stelkovics, Eva ^c   Krenacs, Laszlo ^c   Bagdi, Eniko ^c   Krenacs, Tibor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Biotechnology Szeged   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cell cycle control; Connexin43 gap junctions; Notexin induced regeneration; Skeletal muscle differentiation; Synchronized fusion

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NOTEXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAP JUNCTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27; DESMIN; ELAPID VENOMS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOBLASTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGENERATION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 23744455978     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0745-2     Document Type: Article

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