Passage through vertebrate gap junctions of 17/18 kDa molecules is primarily dependent upon molecular configuration

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Cieniewicz, A M ^a   Woodruff, R I ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Mouse ovarian follicles; Permeability

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; GONADOTROPIN; TROPONIN C;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RAT; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMPHIBIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 74149085904     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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