Early signals in cardiac development

Circulation Research

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 457-469

  Zaffran, Stéphane ^a   Frasch, Manfred ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac induction; Cardiogenic transcription factors; Growth factors

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NOGGIN; RECEPTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

CELL INTERACTION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037144658     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000034152.74523.A8     Document Type: Review

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