Loss of α1 connexin does not alter the prenatal differentiation of pancreatic β cells and leads to the identification of another islet cell connexin

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 13-26

  Charollais, Anne ^a   Serre, Véronique ^a   Mock, Corina ^a   Cogne, Fabienne ^a   Bosco, Domenico ^a   Meda, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b CMU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cx43; Cx45; Gap junctions; Insulin secretion; Knockout mice; Pancreatic islets

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; INSULIN RELEASE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033045837     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6408(1999)24:1/2<13::aid-dvg3>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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