New possible roles for aquaporin-4 in astrocytes: Cell cytoskeleton and functional relationship with connexin43

FASEB Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1674-1676

  Nicchia, Grazia P ^a,b   Srinivas, Miduturu ^b   Li, Wei ^b   Brosnan, Celia F ^b   Frigeri, Antonio ^b   Spray, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; ALPHA SYNTROPHIN; AQUAPORIN 4; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; F ACTIN; SYNTROPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GAP JUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RISK FACTOR; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26444451649     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-3281fje     Document Type: Article

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