Expression and function of activin beta a during mouse cardiac cushion tissue formation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 548-562

  Moore, Clara S ^a,b   Mjaatvedt, Corey H ^c   Gearhart, John D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Antisense; Heart development; In vitro assay; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREEDING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031904232     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199808)212:4<548::AID-AJA8>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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