Connexins in skeletal biology

Connexins: A Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 371-386

  Civitelli, Roberto ^a   Donahue, Henry J ^b  

^a Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Cartilage; Cx40; Cx43; Cx45; Cx46; ERK signaling; Gene expression; Mechanotransduction; Oculodentodigital dysplasia; Skeletal malformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867846818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-489-6_17     Document Type: Chapter

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