Antisense oligonucleotide blockade of connexin expression during embryonic bone formation: Evidence of functional compensation within a multigene family

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 43-56

  Minkoff, Robert ^a   Bales, Elise S ^a   Kerr, Catherine A ^a   Struss, Wendy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotide blockade; Bone; Chick embryo; Connexin 43 (Gj 1); Connexin 45 (Gj 6); Craniofacial; Functional compensation; Gap junctions; Mesenchyme; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOWL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0033011398     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6408(1999)24:1/2<43::aid-dvg6>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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