Gene expression alterations in connexin null mice extend beyond the gap junction

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 243-250

  Iacobas, Dumitru A ^a   Scemes, Eliana ^a   Spray, David C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA array; Gap junction; Glia; Intercellular communication; Knockout

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PRESENILIN 1;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA MICROARRAY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; GLIA; GLIOMA CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

EID: 2442589056     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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