Isolation and community: A review of the role of gap-junctional communication in embryonic patterning

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-192

  Levin, M ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Development; Embryo; Gap junction; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DUCTIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOGENESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EXTREMITIES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEOLIPIDS; VACUOLAR PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036468832     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-001-0129-7     Document Type: Review

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