GAP junctional units are functionally expressed before first cleavage in the early ascidian embryo

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Tosti, Elisabetta ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

electrical communication; intracellular calcium; manually apposed zygotes

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; PUROMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CHORDATA;

EID: 0030981620     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.272.5.c1445     Document Type: Article

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