Connexin26 expression in brain parenchymal cells demonstrated by targeted connexin ablation in transgenic mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-271

  Nagy, J I ^a   Lynn, B D ^a   Tress, O ^b   Willecke, K ^b   Rash, J E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin26; Gap junctions; Glial cells

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN PARENCHYMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA CELL; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SOMATIC CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBCORTEX; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS;

EID: 79960391783     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07741.x     Document Type: Article

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