Transcriptional regulation of vertebrate cardiac morphogenesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-519

  Bruneau, Benoit G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Embryo; Gene expression; Heart development; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN DHAND; PROTEIN EHAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HEY2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0037155776     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000013072.51957.B7     Document Type: Review

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