Evidence that dorsal-ventral differences in gap junctional communication in the early Xenopus embryo are generated by β-catenin independent of cell adhesion effects

Developmental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-102

  Krufka, Alison ^a   Johnson, Ross G ^a   Wylie, Chris C ^a,b   Heasman, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SECOND MESSENGER; XENOPUS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032146295     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8951     Document Type: Article

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