Loss of connexin45 causes a cushion defect in early cardiogenesis

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 3501-3512

  Kumai, M ^a   Nishii, K ^a   Nakamura, K I ^a   Takeda, N ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Shibata, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin45; Cre loxP system; Cushion; Embryonic lethality; Gene targeting; Heart

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EMBRYO; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; MALE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CONNEXINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033824984     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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