Gata factor pannier is required to establish competence for heart progenitor formation

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3027-3038

  Klinedinst, Susan L ^a   Bodmer, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; dpp; Drosophila; Gata factors; Heart; Mesoderm; Pannier; Tinman; U shaped

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM LAYER; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0038444550     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00517     Document Type: Article

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