Over-expression of GATA-6 in Xenopus embryos blocks differentiation of heart precursors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-368

  Gove, Chris ^a,b   Walmsley, Maggie ^a   Nijjar, Sarbjit ^a   Bertwistle, David ^a   Guille, Matthew ^a   Partington, Geoffrey ^a   Bomford, Adrian ^a   Patient, Roger ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Differentiation; GATA transcription factors; RNA injection; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOMITE; STEM CELL; TISSUE INDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; XENOPUS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEART; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031032654     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.2.355     Document Type: Article

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