Connexin expression and gap-junction-mediated cell interactions in an in vitro model of haemopoietic stroma

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-76

  Hurtado, Sandra P ^a   Balduino, Alex ^a   Bôdi, Estevão C A ^a   El Cheikh, Márcia C ^a   Campos De Carvalho, Antonio C ^a   Borojevic, Radovan ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Ilha Cidade Universitária Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood cells; Bone marrow; Haemopoiesis; Intercellular communication; Mouse; Stroma

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; RETINOL; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GAP JUNCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOID CELL; MODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MURINAE;

EID: 2442663934     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0829-7     Document Type: Article

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