Patterning the heart's left-right axis: From zebrafish to man

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 278-287

  Goldstein, Allan M ^a   Ticho, Baruch S ^a   Fishman, Mark C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Heterotaxia; Left right asymmetry; Situs inversus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GROWTH REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITUS INVERSUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NOTOCHORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031860822     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)22:3<278::AID-DVG9>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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