Zebrafish cx30.3: Identification and characterization of a gap junction gene highly expressed in the skin

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2627-2636

  Tao, Liang ^a   DeRosa, Adam M ^b   White, Thomas W ^b   Valdimarsson, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Embryo; Gap junction; Inner ear; Skin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEARING; HEART; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EXON; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; EAR, INNER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 79952559084     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22399     Document Type: Article

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