A murine living skin equivalent amenable to live-cell imaging: Analysis of the roles of connexins in the epidermis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1039-1049

  Kandyba, Eve E ^a   Hodgins, Malcolm B ^a   Martin, Patricia E ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; EPIDERMIS; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATION; SKIN; SKIN INJURY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 40649092871     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5701125     Document Type: Article

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