Inhibitory effect of bisphenol A on gap junctional intercellular communication in an epithelial cell line of rat mammary tissue

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-343

  Lee, In Kyoung ^a,b   Rhee, Seung Keun ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Sungduk College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC); LDH; MTT; Scrape loading dye transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147101215     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02977615     Document Type: Article

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