Reduced connexin-43 expression in the aorta of pre-hypertensive rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Dlugosova K ^a   Mitasikova M ^a   Bernatova I ^a   Weismann, P ^b   Okruhlicová, L'udmila ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aorta; BHR; Connexin 43; Interendothelial connections; SHR

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949083063     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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