Heart development in Drosophila and vertebrates: Conservation of molecular mechanisms

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-186

  Bodmer, Rolf ^a,b   Venkatesh, Tyamagondlu V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; Embryogenesis; Mesoderm; Myogenesis; Nkx; Tinman

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HEART; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; VERTEBRATES;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031805934     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)22:3<181::AID-DVG1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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