Characterization of a human cardiac gene which encodes for a LIM domain protein and is developmentally expressed in myocardial development

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1203-1210

  Fung, Yin Wan Wendy ^a   Wang, Ruoxiang ^a   Liew, Choong Chin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Department of Clinical Biochemistry ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Human heart cDNA library; LIM protein; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GENE; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUAIL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030004701     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1996.0111     Document Type: Article

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