Gap junction protein connexin 43 serves as a negative marker for a stem cell-containing population of human limbal epithelial cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1265-1273

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Evans, W Howard ^b   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a   Li, De Quan ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Cornea; Epithelia; Limbus; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INVOLUCRIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P63;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33745824377     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2005-0363     Document Type: Article

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