Gap junction signalling mediated through Connexin-43 is required for chick limb development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 380-392

  Makarenkova, Helen ^a,c   Patel, Ketan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; BMP; Chick; Connexin; Embryo; FGF; Limb; Shh

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POLARITY; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GROWTH REGULATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033559610     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9171     Document Type: Article

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