Gastrointestinal development in the Drosophila embryo requires the activity of innexin gap junction channel proteins

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 8, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 307-310

  Bauer, Reinhard ^a   Lehmann, Corinna ^a   Hoch, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Department of Developmental Biology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Epithelia; Inx 2; Ogre; Proventriculus

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INNEXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPITHELIUM; GAP JUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035753905     PISSN: 10615385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15419060109080743     Document Type: Article

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