Connexin43 expression during Xenopus development.
The spatio-temporal expression of connexin43 in Xenopus laevis embryos was studied by in situ hybridization. Cx43 expression is first detected at stage 25 in the developing eye. In stage 32, expression was found in the margin of the lens placode, the cement gland, notochord, and in stage 37 in the branchial arches. Early limb buds show strong expression of Cx43 distally while later on expression is confined to sites of precartilage condensation.
van der Heyden
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Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Roeleveld
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Peterson
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018031:Connexin 43 / Q000235:genetics*; D005121:Extremities / Q000196:embryology; D005123:Eye / Q000196:embryology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009672:Notochord / Q000196:embryology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*
D018031:Connexin 43