Characterization of connexin30.3-deficient mice suggests a possible role of connexin30.3 in olfaction

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 683-700

  Zheng Fischhöfer, Qingyi ^a   Schnichels, Marc ^a   Dere, Ekrem ^b   Strotmann, Jörg ^c   Loscher, Nadine ^c   McCulloch, Fiona ^d   Kretz, Markus ^a   Degen, Joachim ^a   Reucher, Harald ^e   Nagy, James I ^f   Peti Peterdi, Janos ^d   Huston, Joseph P ^b   Breer, Heinz ^c   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cx30.3; Gap junctions; Olfactory epithelium; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 30.3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIDERMIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; GENETIC CODE; HENLE LOOP; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; SMELLING; STEM CELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MUS;

EID: 36048939746     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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