Developmental regulation and asymmetric expression of the gene encoding Cx43 gap junctions in the mouse limb bud

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 290-300

  Meyer, Rita A ^a,b   Cohen, Matthew F ^b   Recalde, Scott ^b   Zakany, Jozsef ^c   Bell, Sheila M ^d   Scott Jr , William J ^d   Lo, Cecilia W ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Connexin 43; Gap junction; Gja 1; Iv; Legless; Limb bud; Wnt 1

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIMB BUD; MICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031445837     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)21:4<290::AID-DVG6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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