Tight junction formation in early Xenopus laevis embryos: Identification and ultrastructural characterization of junctional crests and junctional vesicles

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-256

  Cardellini, Pietro ^a   Cirelli, Alessandro ^a   Citi, Sandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cingulin; Electron microscopy; Membrane vesicle; Tight junction; Xenopus laevis (Anura)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CYTOPLASM; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34848832655     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0472-9     Document Type: Article

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