Junctional complexes in the early mammalian embryo

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-193

  Fleming, T P ^a   Ghassemifar, M R ^a   Sheth, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Junctions; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; DESMOSOME; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DESMOSOMES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; PREGNANCY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0034478243     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-12557     Document Type: Review

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