Characterization of cardiac gene cis-regulatory elements in the early stages of chicken heart morphogenesis

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Fisher, Steven A ^a,c,d   Walsh, Kenneth ^b   Forehand, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiocyte transfection; CArG regulatory elements; Heart development; skeletal actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; LIPOSOME; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029985288     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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