Spatiotemporal expression of connexin39 and -43 during myoblast differentiation in cultured cells and in the mouse embryo

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-60

  von Maltzahn, Julia ^a   Wulf, Volker ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cx39; Cx43; Gap junction; Myogenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CONNEXIN 39; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MYOGENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONNEXIN 39 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOBLASTS;

EID: 33646085331     PISSN: 10615385     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15419060600631508     Document Type: Article

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