The Drosophila homeobox genes zfh-1 and even-skipped are required for cardiac-specific differentiation of a numb-dependent lineage dscision

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3241-3251

  Su, Ming Tsan ^a   Fujioka, Miki ^b   Goto, Tadaatsu ^b   Bodmer, Rolf ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; Cell fate; Drosophila; EGF receptor; Even skipped; Heart; Homeodomain; Lineage; Mesoderm; Myocardium; Myogenesis; Notch; Numb; Pericardial cell; Spitz; zfh 1; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032794224     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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