Failure of ventral closure and axial rotation in embryos lacking the proprotein convertase Furin

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4863-4876

  Roebroek, Anton J M ^a   Umans, Lieve ^a   Pauli, Ilse G L ^a   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^b   Van Leuven, Fred ^a   Van De Ven, Wim J M ^a   Constam, Daniel B ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Endoderm; Heart morphogenesis; Mouse; Processing; TGF ; Turning

Indexed keywords

FURIN; MARKER; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MARKER GENE; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULARIZATION; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FURIN; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; HEART VENTRICLES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBTILISINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0032443652     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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