Ectopic expression of tropomyosin promotes myofibrillogenesis in mutant axolotl hearts

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 412-420

  Zajdel, Robert W ^a   Mclean, Matthew D ^a   Lemanski, Sharon L ^b   Muthuchamy, Mariappan ^b   Wieczorek, David F ^c   Lemanski, Larry F ^a,b   Dube, Dipak K ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Myofibrillogenesis; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOSOME; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE TRANSFER; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; THIN FILAMENT;

EID: 0031729839     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199812)213:4<412::AID-AJA6>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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