GATA6 is essential for embryonic development of the liver but dispensable for early heart formation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2622-2631

  Zhao, Roong ^a   Watt, Alistair J ^a   Li, Jixuan ^a   Luebke Wheeler, Jennifer ^a   Morrisey, Edward E ^b   Duncan, Stephen A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TETRAPLOIDY; VASCULARIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; LIVER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIUM; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 15044362819     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.7.2622-2631.2005     Document Type: Article

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