Induction and differentiation of the zebrafish heart requires fibroblast growth factor 8 (fgf8/acerebellar)

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-235

  Reifers, Frank ^a   Walsh, Emily C ^b   Léger, Sophie ^a   Stainier, Didier Y R ^b   Brand, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acerebellar; BMP; Cardiogenesis; fgf8; gata4; Heart; nkx2.5; Ventricle; Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; MESODERM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TISSUE INDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROINJECTIONS; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033951035     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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