Molecular analysis of cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 295-306

  Segev, Hanna ^a   Kenyagin Karsenti, Dorit ^a,b   Fishman, Bettina ^a,b   Gerecht Nir, Sharon ^a,b   Ziskind, Anna ^a,b   Amit, Michal ^a,b   Coleman, Raymond ^b   Itskovitz Eldor, Joseph ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocytes; Embryoid bodies; Gene expression; Human embryonic stem cells; Immunochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; MYOSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIAC MYOSINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23244441402     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2005.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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