A deafness-associated mutant human connexin 26 improves the epithelial barrier in vitro

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 29-37

  Man, Y K Stella ^a   Trolove, Caroline ^a   Tattersall, Daniel ^a   Thomas, Anna C ^a   Papakonstantinopoulou, Annie ^a   Patel, Drashnika ^a   Scott, Claire ^a   Chong, Jiehan ^b   Jagger, Daniel J ^b   O'Toole, Edel A ^a   Navsaria, Harshad ^a   Curtis, Michael A ^a   Kelsell, David P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Deafness; Epithelial barrier

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MODEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SKIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MUTATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 36249011407     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-007-9025-0     Document Type: Article

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