From: Expression of connexins in human preimplantation embryos in vitro
 | PN | 2 cell | 4 cell | 8 cell | Blastocyst | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
β actin | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Cx26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - |
Cx31 | + | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | + | - | + |
Cx32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cx40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cx43 | + | + | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Cx45 | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |