Hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor are expressed in cardiac myocytes during early cardiogenesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1028-1036

  Rappolee, Daniel A ^a,b   Iyer, Anand ^a   Patel, Yogesh ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiogenesis; hepatocyte growth factor receptor c met proto oncogene; hepatocyte growth factor scatter factor; in situ hybridization; myocardium

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0029931397     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.6.1028     Document Type: Article

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