Ablation of connexin30 in transgenic mice alters expression patterns of connexin26 and connexin32 in glial cells and leptomeninges

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1783-1793

  Lynn, B D ^a   Tress, O ^b   May, D ^b   Willecke, K ^b   Nagy, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Connexin43; Connexin47; Gap junctions; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MENINX; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 82455210762     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07900.x     Document Type: Article

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