Cx31 and Cx43 double-deficient mice reveal independent functions in murine placental and skin development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 233, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 853-863

  Kibschull, Mark ^a   Magin, Thomas M ^b   Traub, Otto ^b   Winterhager, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; Differentiation; Epidermis; Gap junction; Intercellular communication; Placenta; Skin; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 31; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; INTEGRINS; KERATINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PLACENTA; SKIN;

MURINAE; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 20744458383     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20424     Document Type: Article

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