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Innexin gap junctions in nerve cells coordinate spontaneous contractile behavior in Hydra polyps

Nerve cells and spontaneous coordinated behavior first appeared near the base of animal evolution in the common ancestor of cnidarians and bilaterians. Experiments on the cnidarian Hydra have demonstrated that nerve cells are essential for this behavior, although nerve cells in Hydra are organized i...

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Autores principales: Takaku, Yasuharu, Hwang, Jung Shan, Wolf, Alexander, Böttger, Angelika, Shimizu, Hiroshi, David, Charles N., Gojobori, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3882753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24394722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03573