Changing patterns of gap junctional intercellular communication and connexin distribution in mouse epidermis and hair follicles during embryonic development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-430

  Choudhry, R ^a   Pitts, J D ^b   Hodgins, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexins; Development; Embryo; Epidermis; Gap junctions; Hair follicle; Skin

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN DERIVATIVE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; LUCIFER YELLOW; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION AND CELL CONTACT; CELL JUNCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; KERATINOCYTE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; ISOQUINOLINES; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROINJECTIONS;

EID: 0030659574     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199712)210:4<417::AID-AJA6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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