Expression patterns of FHL/SLIM family members suggest important functional roles in skeletal muscle and cardiovascular system

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 259-265

  Chu, Po Hsien ^a   Ruiz Lozano, Pilar ^a   Zhou, Qiang ^a   Cai, Chenleng ^a   Chen, Ju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Cardiovasculature; Four and half LIM domains; MLP; Skeletal muscle; SLIM

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART DILATATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034234785     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00341-5     Document Type: Article

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