tinman-related genes expressed during heart development in Xenopus

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 230-238

  Newman, Craig S ^a   Krieg, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Nkx genes; Tinman; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; RATS; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRAFISH;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; INSECTA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031835362     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)22:3<230::AID-DVG5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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