Aberrant expression and localization of connexin43 and connexin30 in a rat glioma cell line

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 391-401

  Mennecier, Grégory ^a   Derangeon, Mickaël ^a   Coronas, Valérie ^a   Hervé, Jean Claude ^a   Mesnil, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gap junction; Growth regulation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 30, RAT; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIOMA CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIOSARCOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

METAZOA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIOSARCOMA; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 42949151882     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: 10982744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.20393     Document Type: Article

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