Nature of Cx30-containing channels in the adult mouse mammary gland

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-107

  Locke, Darren ^a   Jamieson, Susan ^b   Stein, Torsten ^b   Liu, Jade ^a   Hodgins, Malcolm B ^b   Harris, Andrew L ^a   Gusterson, Barry ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin; Heteromeric; Lactation; Mouse (Balb c); Pregnancy; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MILK PROTEIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVOLUTION; LACTATION; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; TAURINE;

EID: 33947111015     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0301-6     Document Type: Article

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