Gap Junctions in Turing-Type Periodic Feather Pattern Formation

April 2023 in “ bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ”

Chun-Chih Tseng, Thomas E. Woolley, Ting‐Xin Jiang, Ping Wu, Philip K. Maini, Randall B. Widelitz, Cheng‐Ming Chuong

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Studysummary This study found that gap junctional communication influences feather patterning by modulating Turing-type activator-inhibitor systems in chicken skin, suggesting its role in propagating inhibitory signals crucial for pattern formation.

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