Expression patterns of connexin43 protein during facial development in the chick embryo: Associations with outgrowth, attachment, and closure of the midfacial primordia

Anatomical Record

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-290

  Minkoff, Robert ^a   Parker, Susan B ^a   Rundus, Victoria R ^a   Hertzberg, Elliot L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Connexin43; Face; Frontonasal process; Gap junctions; Immunohistochemistry; Lateral nasal process; Maxillary process; Medial nasal process; Morphogenesis; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FACE DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICK EMBRYO; CONNEXIN 43; EPITHELIUM; FACE; FACIAL BONES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FRONTAL BONE; MAXILLA; MESODERM; NASAL BONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030912262     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199706)248:2<279::AID-AR15>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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