Bone morphogenetic protein function is required for terminal differentiation of the heart but not for early expression of cardiac marker genes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 263-273

  Walters, Melinda J ^a   Wayman, Gary A ^a   Christian, Jan L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic proteins; Cardia bifida; Cardiogenesis; Embryogenesis; Endoderm; GATA 4; GATA 5; GATA 6; Myocardium; Nkx2 5; Smad6; Troponin C; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENDODERM; ENTEROPATHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDODERM; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYOCARDIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD6 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0035139719     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00535-9     Document Type: Article

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