Expression of connexin31 and connexin43 genes in early rat embryos

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-90

  Reuss, B ^a   Hellmann, P ^a   Traub, O ^b   Butterweck, A ^b   Winterhager, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Compaction; Connexin; Implantation; Preimplantation embryo; Rat

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030817111     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)21:1<82::AID-DVG10>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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