Gap junctions in the ovary: Expression, localization and function

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 18-25

  Gershon, Eran ^a   Plaks, Vicki ^a   Dekel, Nava ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Folliculogenesis; Gap junction; Oocyte maturation; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DEATH; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CELL; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; RATS; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 39149126336     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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