Forced expression of the homeodomain protein Gax inhibits cardiomyocyte proliferation and perturbs heart morphogenesis

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4405-4413

  Fisher, Steven A ^a   Siwik, Ernest ^b   Branellec, Didier ^c   Walsh, Kenneth ^d   Watanabe, Michiko ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANOFI   (France)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; Cardiomyocyte; Chick; Gax; Heart development; Homeodomain; Protein

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECTIVE VIRUS; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030681252     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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