Gap junctions are involved in the early generation of left-right asymmetry.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1998.9024

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Gap junctions are involved in the early generation of left-right asymmetry.

Developmental biology - 1 Nov 1998

Levin M, Mercola M

Abstract excerpt

Invariant left-right asymmetry of the visceral organs is a fundamental feature of vertebrate embryogenesis. While a cascade of asymmetrically expressed genes has been described, the embryonic mechanism that orients the left-right axis relative to the dorsoventral and anteroposterior axes (a prere...

Topics

Animals
Arachidonic Acids
Body Patterning
Connexins
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Embryonic Development
Endocannabinoids
Gap Junctions
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Glycyrrhetinic Acid
Histocytochemistry
Microinjections
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Phenotype
Polyunsaturated Alkamides
RNA, Messenger
Viscera
Xenopus

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PMID: 9806775
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9024

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