Expression of the gap junction proteins connexin 26 and connexin 43 in human middle ear cholesteatoma

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-143

  Choung, Yun Hoon ^a   Park, Keehyun ^a   Kang, Sung Ook ^a   Raynov, Alexander Markov ^b   Chul, Ho Kim ^a   Choung, Pill Hoon ^c  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Connexin 26; Connexin 43; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; EXTERNAL EAR; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE EAR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EAR CANAL; EAR, EXTERNAL; EAR, MIDDLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 31544470124     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500312521     Document Type: Article

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