Ectopic expression of select innexins in individual central neurons couples them to pre-existing neuronal or glial networks that express the same innexin

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 14265-14270

  Firme III, Constantine P ^a,b   Natan, Ryan G ^a,c   Yazdani, Neema ^a   Macagno, Eduardo R ^a   Baker, Michael W ^a  

^a SECTION OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INNEXIN 1; INNEXIN 14; INNEXIN 2; INNEXIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; LEECH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHORISTOMA; CONNEXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84867244448     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2693-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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