Connexin43 enhances glioma invasion by a mechanism involving the carboxy terminus

GLIA

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1554-1564

  Bates, Dave C ^a   Sin, W C ^a   Aftab, Q ^a   Naus, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

C6 cells; Cancer; Gap junction; Glioblastoma; Intercellular communication; Motility; RNAi; Truncated

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 35048878752     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20569     Document Type: Article

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