Expression of the gap junction proteins connexin31 and connexin43 correlates with communication compartments in extraembryonic tissues and in the gastrulating mouse embryo, respectively

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-197

  Dahl, Edgar ^a,c   Winterhager, Elke ^b   Reuß, Bernhard ^b   Traub, Otto ^a   Butterweck, Anette ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incompatible connexin; Inner cell mass; Pattern formation; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INNER CELL MASS; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GASTRULA; MALE; MICE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030025898     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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