The green fluorescent protein is an efficient biological marker for cardiac myocytes

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2155-2165

  Xian, Meiwei ^a   Honbo, Norman ^a   Zhang, Jianqing ^a   Liew, Choong Chin ^b   Karliner, Joel S ^a   Lau, Yun Fai Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac myocytes; Cardiogenesis; Green fluorescent protein; Transgenic mice; myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LIFESPAN; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033373398     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1999.1046     Document Type: Article

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