Chamber formation and morphogenesis in the developing mammalian heart

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 266-278

  Christoffels, Vincent M ^a   Habets, Petra E M H ^a   Franco, Diego ^a   Campione, Marina ^a   De Jong, Frits ^a   Lamers, Wouter H ^a   Bao, Zheng Zheng ^b   Palmer, Steve ^c   Biben, Christine ^c   Harvey, Richard P ^c,d   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Cardiogenesis; Chamber myocardium; Inner curvature; Mammalian heart

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034662018     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9753     Document Type: Article

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