Changes in gap junction organization and decreased coupling during induced apoptosis in lens epithelial and NIH-3T3 cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-52

  Theiss, Carsten ^a   Mazur, Antonina ^a   Meller, Karl ^a   Mannherz, Hans Georg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Apoptosis; Bovine lens epithelial cells; Connexin 43; Dye spreading; Microinjection

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 43 ANTIBODY; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; NEUROBIOTIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PUROMYCIN; STAUROSPORINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS EPITHELIUM; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845628659     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.09.029     Document Type: Article

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