Involvement of gap junctional communication in myogenesis

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-16

  Constantin, Bruno ^a,b   Cronier, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Lab de Physiol Gen   (France)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Intercellular communication; Myoblast fusion; Myogenesis; Skeletal muscle; Somite differentiation

Indexed keywords

DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMITE; STEM CELL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034011024     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(00)96001-7     Document Type: Review

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