Role of connexin43 in osteoblast response to physical load

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1068, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 214-224

  Grimston, Susan K ^a   Screen, Joanne ^a   Haskell, Jennifer H ^a   Chung, Dong Jin ^a,b   Brodt, Michael D ^a   Silva, Matthew J ^a   Civitelli, Roberto ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone formation; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Mechanical strain

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE CELL; CALVARIA; CELL ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TIBIA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33744765514     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1346.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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