Defective vascular development in connexin 45-deficient mice

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 4179-4193

  Kruger, O ^a   Plum, A ^a   Kim, J S ^a   Winterhager, E ^a   Maxeiner, S ^a   Hallas, G ^a   Kirchhoff, S ^a   Traub, O ^a   Lamers, W H ^a   Willecke, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Connexin 45; Cx45; Gap junctions; Smooth muscle cells; Vascular development

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HEART DILATATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; YOLK SAC;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXINS; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GASTRULA; GENES, LETHAL; GENES, REPORTER; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033756717     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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