Connexins and the gap in context

Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 255-266

  Mroue, R M ^a   El Sabban, M E ^b   Talhouk, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BREFELDIN A; CADHERIN; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; ENZYME; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NOCODAZOLE; PANNEXIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOENGINEERING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953745687     PISSN: 17579694     EISSN: 17579708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0ib00158a     Document Type: Review

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