A point mutation in bioactive RNA results in the failure of mutant heart correction in mexican axolotls

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-506

  Zhang, Chi ^a   Dube, Dipak K ^b   Huang, Xupei ^a   Zajdel, Robert W ^b   Bhatia, Rajula ^b   Foster, Dalton ^c   Lemanski, Sharon L ^a   Lemanski, Larry F ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma mexicanum; Gene c; Myofibrillogenesis; Organ culturing; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

RNA;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SCREENING; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART BEAT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MESODERM; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037605777     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-003-0315-8     Document Type: Article

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