A new conditional mouse mutant reveals specific expression and functions of connexin36 in neurons and pancreatic beta-cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 314, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 997-1012

  Wellershaus, Kerstin ^a   Degen, Joachim ^a   Deuchars, Jim ^b   Theis, Martin ^a   Charollais, Anne ^c   Caille, Dorothée ^c   Gauthier, Benoit ^c   Janssen Bienhold, Ulrike ^d   Sonntag, Stephan ^a   Herrera, Pedro ^c   Meda, Paolo ^c   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditional mouse model; Connexin36; Gap junction; Insulin; Neuron; Pancreatic cell; Retina

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUPLING FACTOR; DNA FLANKING REGION; INSULIN RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RETINA NERVE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 39549098881     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.12.024     Document Type: Article

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