Vertebrate heart development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 454-460

  Lyons, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; CHICK EMBRYO; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMPHIBIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030218262     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80067-0     Document Type: Article

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