Myosin-based contraction is not necessary for cardiac c-looping in the chick embryo

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 443-454

  Rémond, Mathieu C ^a   Fee, Judy A ^b   Elson, Elliot L ^b   Taber, Larry A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDM; Blebbistatin; Cytoskeletal contraction; Heart development; Y 27632

Indexed keywords

1 (5 IODO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONYL)HEXAHYDRO 1H 1,4 DIAZEPINE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; BLEBBISTATIN; DIACETYL OXIME; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; ISOLATED HEART; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SOMITE;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; AZEPINES; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CYTOSKELETON; DIACETYL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; NAPHTHALENES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRIDINES; SOMITES; TORSION; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 33745160125     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-006-0094-0     Document Type: Article

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