Tunneling nanotubes, an emerging intercellular communication route in development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 130, Issue 6-8, 2013, Pages 381-387

  Gerdes, Hans Hermann ^a   Rustom, Amin ^b   Wang, Xiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Electrical coupling; Gap junction; Intercellular communication; Neuron; Tunneling nanotube

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPONENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFER; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COCULTURE; ELECTRICAL COUPLING; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; EMBRYO CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNNELING NANOTUBE;

EID: 84879841478     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2012.11.006     Document Type: Review

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