Functional gap junctions in the early sea urchin embryo are localized to the vegetal pole

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 503-510

  Yazaki, Ikuko ^b   Dale, Brian ^a   Tosti, Elisabetta ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastomeres; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

OCTANOL;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CONDUCTANCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033566803     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9354     Document Type: Article

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