An atrioventricular canal domain defined by cardiac troponin I transgene expression in the embryonic myocardium

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-101

  Di Lisi, Raffaella ^c   Sandri, Claudia ^a   Franco, Diego ^b   Ausoni, Simonetta ^a   Moorman, Antoon F M ^b   Schiaffino, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac conduction tissue; Heart development; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; TROPONIN I;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037877764     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290000102     Document Type: Article

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