Connexin31-deficiency in mice causes transient placental dysmorphogenesis but does not impair hearing and skin differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 334-347

  Plum, Achim ^a   Winterhager, Elke ^c   Pesch, Joerg ^b   Lautermann, Juergen ^c   Hallas, Gaby ^a   Rosentreter, Boris ^a   Traub, Otto ^a   Herberhold, Claus ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals Nasen Ohrenheilkunde Chirurgie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin31; Gap junctions; Gene targeting; Gjb3; Inner ear; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROKERATODERMA FIGURATA VARIABILIS; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INHERITANCE; INNER EAR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SKIN DISEASE; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035869426     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.0148     Document Type: Article

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