Molecular diversity of connexin and pannexin genes in the retina of the zebrafish danio rerioc

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 169-183

  Zoidl, Georg ^a   Kremer, Marian ^a   Zoidl, Christiane ^a   Bunse, Stefanie ^a   Dermietzel, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Pannexin; Retina; Vision; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PANNEXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINA; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 48449098443     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15419060802014081     Document Type: Article

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