Peripheral lymphangiogenesis in mice depends on ectodermal connexin-26 (Gjb2)

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2806-2815

  Dicke, Nikolai ^a   Pielensticker, Nicole ^a   Degen, Joachim ^a   Hecker, Julia ^a   Tress, Oliver ^a   Bald, Tobias ^a   Gellhaus, Alexandra ^b   Winterhager, Elke ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cx26; Cx32; Ectoderm; Lymphatic development; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONNEXIN 26; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYTOKERATIN 5;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ECTODERM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

MUS;

EID: 79961130935     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.084186     Document Type: Article

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