Chromosomal, in silico and in vitro expression analysis of cardiovascular-based genes encoding zinc finger proteins

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1749-1769

  Dai, Ken Shwo ^a   Liew, Choong Chin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Chromosomal mapping; Heart; Hypertrophy; In silico northern blot; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Transcriptional repressor; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FETUS; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 0032849219     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1999.1011     Document Type: Article

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