Segment-specific expression of the gap junction gene connexin31 during hindbrain development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 359-361

  Dahl, Edgar ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Balling, Rudi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication compartment; connexin31; Gap junctions; Rhombomere

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL JUNCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030700302     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050123     Document Type: Article

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