Gap junctions are an important means for intercellular communication during development, processes of tissue differentiation, and in maintenance of adult tissue homeostasis. We investigated the expression levels and distribution of connexin-43 (Cx-43), the most abundant astrocytic gap junction prote
Gap junction remodeling and altered connexin43 expression in the failing human heart
✍ Scribed by Sawa Kostin; Markus Rieger; Sebastian Dammer; Stefan Hein; Manfred Richter; Wölf-Peter Klövekorn; Erwin P. Bauer; Jutta Schaper
- Book ID
- 110404488
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 575 KB
- Volume
- 242
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8177
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