Innexin2 gap junctions in somatic support cells are required for cyst formation and for egg chamber formation in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 128, Issue 7-10, 2011, Pages 510-523

  Mukai, Masanori ^a   Kato, Hirotaka ^a   Hira, Seiji ^a   Nakamura, Katsuhiro ^a   Kita, Hiroaki ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^b  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Drosophila; Gap junction; Oogenesis; Organogenesis

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST FORMATION; DEVELOPMENT; EGG CHAMBER FORMATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GERM CELL; INNEXIN2 GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC SUPPORT CELL; WILD TYPE; ZERO POPULATION GROWTH GENE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CONNEXINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GERM CELLS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE PEPTIDE;

EID: 82855165015     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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