Retinoic acid accelerates embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac differentiation and enhances development of ventricular cardiomyocytes

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1525-1539

  Wobus, Anna M ^a   Kaomei, Guan ^a   Shan, Jin ^a   Wellner, Marie Cecile ^b   Rohwedel, Jürgen ^a   Guanju, Ji ^b   Fleischmann, Bernd ^b   Katus, Hugo A ^c   Hescheler, Jürgen ^b   Franz, Wolfgang Michael ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocytes; Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; MLC 2v; Retinoic acid; Ventricle like cells

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURKINJE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 0031172872     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1997.0433     Document Type: Article

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