The oligodendroglial precursor cell line oli-neu represents a cell culture system to examine functional expression of the mouse gap junction gene connexin29 (Cx29)

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 4 JUN, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Söhl, Goran ^a,b   Hombach, Sonja ^a,c   Degen, Joachim ^a   Odermatt, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Medizintechnik Rhein Sieg Campus Remagen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; Cx29; Dye transfer; Gap junction; Hela cells; Oligodendroglial precursor cell line oli neu

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 29; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 47; DYE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN OLI NEU; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CX29 GENE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 84881636925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00083     Document Type: Article

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