Combined BMP-2 and FGF-4, but neither factor alone, induces cardiogenesis in non-precardiac embryonic mesoderm

Developmental Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 198-202

  Lough, John ^a   Barron, Matthew ^a   Brogley, Michele ^a   Sugi, Yukiko ^a,b   Bolender, David L ^a   Zhu, Xiaolei ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BROXURIDINE; CELL PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EXPLANT; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SARCOMERE;

EID: 0030601359     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0211     Document Type: Article

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