Three zebrafish MEF2 genes delineate somitic and cardiac muscle development in wild-type and mutant embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-218

  Ticho, Baruch S ^a   Stainier, Didier Y R ^b,c   Fishman, Mark C ^b   Breitbart, Roger E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; MEF2; Myogenesis; Somites; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; GENE STRUCTURE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030273436     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(96)00601-6     Document Type: Article

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