Expression pattern of connexin gene products at the early developmental stages of the mouse cardiovascular system

Circulation Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 423-437

  Delorme, Bruno ^c   Dahl, Edgar ^c   Jarry Guichard, Thérèse ^c   Briand, Jean Paul ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^c   Gros, Daniel ^c   Théveniau Ruissy, Magali ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Connexin; Gene expression; Heart

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030792079     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.81.3.423     Document Type: Article

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