Embryonic expression of the Gax homeodomain protein in cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle

Circulation Research

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 452-462

  Skopicki, Hal A ^a,b   Lyons, Gary E ^c   Schatteman, Gina ^a   Smith, Roy C ^a   Andrés, Vicente ^a   Schirm, Sabine ^d   Isner, Jeffrey ^a   Walsh, Kenneth ^a,e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BAYER AG   (Germany)

^e ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac muscle; Gax; homeobox gene; skeletal muscle; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN GAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SOMITE;

EID: 0030946646     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.80.4.452     Document Type: Article

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