Functional significance of Gap junctional coupling in preimplantation development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1403-1412

  Houghton, F D ^a   Barr, K J ^a   Walter, G ^a   Gabriel, H D ^a   Grummer R ^a   Traub, O ^a   Leese, H J ^a   Winterhager, E ^a   Kidder, Gerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Implantation; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 57; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND MESSENGER; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036242189     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.5.1403     Document Type: Article

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