GATA-4 regulates cardiac morphogenesis through transactivation of the N-cadherin gene

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 312, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1033-1038

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Toyofuku, Toshihiko ^a   Kamei, Junko ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardia bifida; GATA 4; Gene regulation; N cadherin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RNA DERIVATIVE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIA BIFIDA; CHICK EMBRYO; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344064154     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.019     Document Type: Article

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