Developmental expression and molecular characterization of two gap junction channel proteins expressed during embryogenesis in the grasshopper Schistocerca americana

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 137-150

  Ganfornina, María D ^a   Sánchez, Diego ^a   Herrera, Macarena ^a   Bastiani, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Gap junction proteins; Innexins; Insect development; Neurogenesis; OPUS family; Pathfinding; Stomatogastric nervous system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; GRASSHOPPER; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEM CELL;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344959602     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6408(1999)24:1/2<137::aid-dvg13>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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