Amphibian in vitro heart induction: A simple and reliable model for the study of vertebrate cardiac development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 405-410

  Ariizumi, Takashi ^a   Kinoshita, Masayoshi ^b   Yokota, Chika ^c   Takano, Kazuhiro ^c   Fukuda, Keiichi ^b   Moriyama, Nobuo ^a   Malacinski, George M ^d   Asashima, Makoto ^c  

^a FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Animal cap; Cardiogenesis; Organ engineering; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTULA; CALCIUM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; HEART; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242552343     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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