Expression of HoxA5 in the heart is upregulated during thyroxin-induced metamorphosis of the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

Cardiovascular Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-235

  Gaur, Arun ^a,b,c   Zajdel, Robert W ^a   Bhatia, Rajula ^a,c   Isitmangil, Gulbu ^a   Denz, Christopher R ^b   Robertson, Douglas R ^a   Lemanski, Larry F ^a   Dube, Dipak K ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Confocal microscopy; Homeobox gene; In situ hybridization; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXA5; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ADVENTITIA; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUNICA MEDIA; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HEART; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROXINE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035751944     PISSN: 15307905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CT:1:3:225     Document Type: Article

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