Connexin 43 delimits functional domains of neurogenic precursors in the spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3298-3309

  Russo, Raúl E ^a   Reali, Cecilia ^a   Radmilovich, Milka ^b   Fernández, Anabel ^a,c   Trujillo Cenóz, Omar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^c Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Brain lipid binding protein; Connexin 43; Neurogenic precursors; Pax6; Radial glia; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 43; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; GLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 41549088486     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5736-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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