Xenopus eHAND: A marker for the developing cardiovascular system of the embryo that is regulated by bone morphogenetic proteins

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-163

  Sparrow, Duncan B ^a   Kotecha, Surendra ^a   Towers, Norma ^a   Mohun, Timothy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bHLH protein; Bone morphogenetic protein; Cardiovascular system; eHAND; Heart; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHICKEN; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINUS VENOSUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032007716     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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