Cardiogenesis and the Regulation of Cardiac-Specific Gene Expression

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-170

  Chen, Jau Nian ^a   Cowan, Douglas B ^b   Mably, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; ENDOTHELIN 1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; FIBRONECTIN; GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN DSCR1; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN NKX; PROTEIN TBX; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VALVE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 33751181009     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2005.03.002     Document Type: Review

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