Expression and modulation of connexin30.2, a novel gap junction protein in the mouse retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 91-101

  De Sevilla Müller, Luis Pérez ^a,c   Dedek, Karin ^a   Janssen Bienhold, Ulrike ^a   Meyer, Arndt ^a   Kreuzberg, Maria M ^b   Lorenz, Susanne ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Weiler, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Dye coupling; Electrical synapse; Ganglion cells; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 30.2; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 45; DNA; DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACRIDINE ORANGE; BIOTIN; CONNEXIN 30.2, MOUSE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FELBINAC; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NESTIN; NEUROBIOTIN; PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STAUROSPORINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHANNEL CATFISH; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CONNEXINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENYLACETATES; PROTEIN KINASE C; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STAUROSPORINE;

EID: 77957339239     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523810000131     Document Type: Article

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