Vascular abnormalities in mice lacking the endothelial gap junction proteins connexin37 and connexin40

Developmental Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 206-220

  Simon, Alexander M ^a   McWhorter, Andrea R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Endothelium; Gap junction; Hemangioma; Hemorrhage; Intercellular communication; Vascular abnormality; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BREEDING METHOD; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLEEDING; TESTIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036436688     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0826     Document Type: Article

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