Multiple members of the connexin gene family participate in preimplantation development of the mouse

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 234-243

  Davies, Tyler C ^a   Barr, Kevin J ^a   Jones, D Holstead ^a   Zhu, Daguang ^a   Kidder, Gerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

confocal immunofluorescence microscopy; Connexins; gap junction proteins; mouse; mRNA; preimplantation development; quantitative RT PCR; ribonucleoprotein fractionation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL JUNCTION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMERES; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYRIBOSOMES; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029883925     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:3<234::AID-DVG4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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