Genetics of heart development

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 383-388

  Chen, Jau Nian ^a   Fishman, Mark C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; HEART; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 0034283842     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(00)02075-8     Document Type: Review

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