Localization of heterotypic gap junctions composed of connexin45 and connexin36 in the rod pathway of the mouse retina

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1675-1686

  Dedek, Karin ^a   Schultz, Konrad ^a   Pieper, Mario ^a   Dirks, Petra ^a   Maxeiner, Stephan ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Weiler, Reto ^a   Janssen Bienhold, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical synapse; Gap junction; Mouse; Retina; Rod pathway

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 45;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCARDIUM; RETINA; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RODS (RETINA); VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33748915811     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05052.x     Document Type: Article

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