Ablation of Cx47 in transgenic mice leads to the loss of MUPP1, ZONAB and multiple connexins at oligodendrocyte-astrocyte gap junctions

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1503-1517

  Li, Xinbo ^a   Penes, M ^a   Odermatt, B ^b   Willecke, K ^c   Nagy, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glial cells; Immunohistochemistry; Myelin; Scaffolding proteins; Spatial buffering

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MULTI PDZ DOMAIN PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN ZO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONULA OCCLUDENS 1 ASSOCIATED NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYELINATED NERVE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONNEXINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 53949111787     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06431.x     Document Type: Article

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