Expression of zebrafish connexin43.4 in the notochord and tail bud of wild-type and mutant no tail embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 449-462

  Essner, J J ^a   Laing, J G ^b   Beyer, E C ^b   Johnson, R G ^a   Hackett Jr , P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; STEM CELL; TAIL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030220781     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0177     Document Type: Article

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