A new tinman-related gene, nkx2.7, anticipates the expression of nkx2.5 and nkx2.3 in zebrafish heart and pharyngeal endoderm

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 722-731

  Lee, Kyu Ho ^a   Xu, Qihong ^a   Breitbart, Roger E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0030589617     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0341     Document Type: Article

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