Increased expression of a homologue of drosophila tissue polarity gene "frizzled" in left ventricular hypertrophy in the rat, as identified by subtractive hybridization

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1187-1191

  Blankesteijn, W Matthijs ^a   Essers Janssen, Yvonne P G ^a   Ulrich, Magda M W ^a   Smits, Jos F M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frizzled; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Spatial control; Tissue polarity gene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0029941578     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1996.0109     Document Type: Article

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