Gap junctional communication in the early Xenopus embryo

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 929-936

  Landesman, Yosef ^a   Goodenough, Daniel A ^a   Paul, David L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic bridges; Dorso ventral axis; Dye transfer; Gap junctions; Lucifer yellow; Neurobiotin; UV irradiation; Xenopus; Xwnt 8

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BLASTOMERES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GAP JUNCTIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034698880     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.4.929     Document Type: Article

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