A rat homeobox gene, rNKx-2.5, is a homologue of the tinman gene in Drosophila and is mainly expressed during heart development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 352-358

  Fu, Yuchang ^a   Ruiz Lozano, Pilar ^a   Evans, Sylvia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryos; Heart development; Homeodomain; NKx gene; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HOMEOBOX; LUNG; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TONGUE;

EID: 0030668687     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050122     Document Type: Article

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