Replacement of connexin43 by connexin26 in transgenic mice leads to dysfunctional reproductive organs and slowed ventricular conduction in the heart

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Winterhager, Elke ^a   Pielensticker, Nicole ^b   Freyer, Jennifer ^b   Ghanem, Alexander ^c   Schrickel, Jan W ^c   Kim, Jung Sun ^d   Behr, Rüdiger ^a   Grümmer, Ruth ^a   Maass, Karen ^b   Urschel, Stephanie ^b   Lewalter, Thorsten ^c   Tiemann, Klaus ^c   Simoni, Manuela ^e   Willecke, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HYPOTROPHY; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34247105350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-7-26     Document Type: Article

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