The homeobox gene Lbx1 specifies a subpopulation of cardiac neural crest necessary for normal heart development

Circulation Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Schäfer, Konstanze ^a   Neuhaus, Petra ^a   Kruse, Julia ^a   Braun, Thomas ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac neural crest; Hyperplasia; Lbx1; Mouse mutants; Pax3

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOMEOBOX; HYPERPLASIA; LBX1 GENE; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; NEURAL CREST; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037428172     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000050587.76563.A5     Document Type: Article

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