Cell motility affects the intensity of gap junctional coupling in prostate carcinoma and melanoma cell populations

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-315

  Daniel Wójcik, Anna ^a   Misztal, Katarzyna ^a   Bechyne, Iga ^a   Sroka, Jolanta ^a   Miekus, Katarzyna ^a   Madeja, Zbigniew ^a   Czyz, Jaroslaw ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Cell motility; Connexin43; Dye transfer; Gap junctional coupling

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNEXIN 43; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GAP JUNCTION; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS;

EID: 48749122613     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000010     Document Type: Article

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