Patterns of expression in the developing myocardium: Towards a morphologically integrated transcriptional model

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-53

  Franco, Diego ^a   Lamers, Wouter H ^a   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac morphogenesis; Gene expression; Transcriptional regulation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BINDING PROTEIN; CADHERIN; CALPONIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHOSPHOLAMBAN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TROPOMODULIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032052025     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(97)00321-0     Document Type: Review

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