Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching reveals regulation and distribution of connexin36 gap junction coupling within mouse islets of Langerhans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 4431-4446

  Farnsworth, Nikki L ^a   Hemmati, Alireza ^b   Pozzoli, Marina ^b   Benninger, Richard K P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^b The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; RHODAMINE 123; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GAP JUNCTIONS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84911892715     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.276733     Document Type: Article

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