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Innexin 3, a new gene required for dorsal closure in Drosophila embryo. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND:Dorsal closure is a morphogenetic event that occurs during mid-embryogenesis in many insects including Drosophila, during which the ectoderm migrates on the extraembryonic amnioserosa to seal the embryo dorsally.
Fabrizio Giuliani +3 more
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Independent Innexin Radiation Shaped Signaling in Ctenophores. [PDF]
Mol Biol Evol, 2023 Abstract Innexins facilitate cell–cell communication by forming gap junctions or nonjunctional hemichannels, which play important roles in metabolic, chemical, ionic, and electrical coupling. The lack of knowledge regarding the evolution and role of these channels in ctenophores (comb jellies), the likely sister group to the rest of ...
Ortiz J +8 more
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A new look at the architecture and dynamics of the Hydra nerve net [PDF]
eLifeThe Hydra nervous system is the paradigm of a ‘simple nerve net’. Nerve cells in Hydra, as in many cnidarian polyps, are organized in a nerve net extending throughout the body column.
Athina Keramidioti +12 more
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Mechanisms Underlying the Initiation and Termination of Collective Cell Migration: Perspectives for Understanding Development and Cancer Metastasis. [PDF]
BioessaysHow collective cell migration starts and stops is a fundamental question but remains poorly understood. This review discusses the distinct mechanisms in in vivo models and cancer metastasis that define the regulatory pathways and collective features governing the initiation and termination of collective cell migration.
Miao G.
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Intracellular dynamics of polydnavirus innexin homologues [PDF]
Insect Molecular Biology, 2020 Abstract Polydnaviruses associated with ichneumonid parasitoid wasps (Ichnoviruses) encode large numbers of genes, often in multigene families. The Ichnovirus Vinnexin gene family, which is expressed in parasitized lepidopteran larvae, encodes homologues of Innexins, the structural components of insect gap ...
D. K. Hasegawa, P. Zhang, M. W. Turnbull
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021 Electrical synaptic transmission is an essential form of interneuronal communication which is mediated by gap junctions that permit ion flow. Three gene families (connexins, innexins, and pannexins) have evolved to form gap junctional channels.
Qiqian Wang, Shenquan Liu
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2021 During oogenesis, a group of specialized follicle cells, known as stretched cells (StCs), flatten drastically from cuboidal to squamous shape. While morphogenesis of epithelia is critical for organogenesis, genes and signaling pathways involved in this ...
Yi-Chia Huang +8 more
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Building Relationships: A Role for Innexins in Tissue Formation [PDF]
Developmental Cell, 2020 The mechanisms that govern cell interactions during organ formation are not fully understood. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Miao et al. demonstrate a channel-independent role for gap junction proteins in the establishment of contacts between three cell types that build up the micropyle during oocyte development in Drosophila.
Zahra, Labbaf, Erez, Raz
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Innexin and pannexin channels and their signaling [PDF]
FEBS Letters, 2014 Innexins are bifunctional membrane proteins in invertebrates, forming gap junctions as well as non‐junctional membrane channels (innexons). Their vertebrate analogues, the pannexins, have not only lost the ability to form gap junctions but are also prevented from it by glycosylation.
Dahl, Gerhard, Muller, Kenneth J.
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