Connexins and secretion

Connexins: A Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 511-527

  Bavamian, Sabine ^a   Klee, Philippe ^a   Allagnat, Florent ^b   Haefliger, Jacques Antoine ^b   Meda, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Coupling; Cx26; Cx30; Cx32; Cx36; Cx40; Cx43; Endocrine; Enzymes; Exocrine; Glands; Hormones; Secretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951209443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-489-6_26     Document Type: Chapter

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