Connexin 36 is Expressed in Beta and Connexins 26 and 32 in Acinar Cells at the End of the Secondary Transition of Mouse Pancreatic Development and Increase During Fetal and Perinatal Life

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 980-990

  Pérez Armendariz, Elia Martha ^a   Cruz Miguel, Lourdes ^a   Coronel Cruz, Cristina ^a   Esparza Aguilar, Marcelino ^a   Pinzon Estrada, Enrique ^a   Rancaño Camacho, Elizabeth ^a   Zacarias Climaco, Gerardo ^a   Olivares, Paola Fernández ^c   Espinosa, Ana Maria ^b   Becker, Ingeborg ^a   Sáez, Juan C ^c,d   Berumen, Jaime ^a,b   Pérez Palacios, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso   (Chile)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Connexin 32; Connexin 36; Development; Pancreatic cells

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; INSULIN;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84860919632     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22473     Document Type: Article

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