Connexin 43 expression reflects neural crest patterns during cardiovascular development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-323

  Waldo, Karen L ^a   Lo, Cecilia W ^b   Kirby, Margaret L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac neural crest; Chick; Connexin 43; Heart development; Mouse; Quail chick chimera

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; GROWTH REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0033560865     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9219     Document Type: Article

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