Suppression of atrial myosin gene expression occurs independently in the left and right ventricles of the developing mouse heart

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-85

  Zammit, Peter S ^a,d   Kelly, Robert G ^a   Franco, Diego ^b   Brown, Nigel ^c   Moorman, Antoon F M ^b   Buckingham, Margaret ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eHAND dHAND; iv iv mouse; Left right cardiac chambers; Mouse heart development; Sarcomeric myosin genes

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MICE; MYOSINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033987987     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(200001)217:1<75::AID-DVDY7>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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