Capsulin: A novel bHLH transcription factor expressed in epicardial progenitors and mesenchyme of visceral organs

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-32

  Lu, Jianrong ^a   Richardson, James A ^a   Olson, Eric N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix (bHLH); Capsulin

Indexed keywords

CAPSULIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EPICARDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCERA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERICARDIUM; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031980818     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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