Expression of intercellular junctions during preimplantation development of the human embryo

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 621-632

  Hardy, Kate ^a   Warner, Anne ^b   Winston, Robert M L ^a   Becker, David L ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Connexin; Desmosome; Gap junction; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; DSP PROTEIN, HUMAN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL JUNCTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DESMOSOME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BLASTOCYST; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030202129     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.8.621     Document Type: Article

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