Laminin α1, α2, α4 and β1 chain mRNA expression in mouse embryonic, neonatal, and adult hearts

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-289

  Hirohata, Satoshi ^a   Kusachi, Shozo ^a   Kondo, Jun ^a   Sano, Issei ^a   Murakami, Masahiro ^a   Doi, Masayuki ^a   Ninomiya, Yoshifumi ^a   Tsuji, Takao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Development; Extracellular matrix; Molecular biology; Myocardium; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LAMININ; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030985039     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.38.281     Document Type: Article

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