Xenopus as a model system for vertebrate heart development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-53

  Warkman, Andrew S ^a   Krieg, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Explants; Mis expression; Promoter analysis; Transgenic animals

Indexed keywords

EXPLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROINJECTION; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENICS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 33847298936     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.11.010     Document Type: Review

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