Heart formation and left-right asymmetry in separated right and left embryos of a newt

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-272

  Takano, Kazuhiro ^a   Ito, Yuzuru ^b   Obata, Shuichi ^c   Oinuma, Tsutomu ^d   Komazaki, Shinji ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^b,e  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Cardiac looping; Cynops pyrrhogaster; Heart rudiment; Newt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGATION; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOGENESIS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; CYNOPS; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34347237832     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072270kt     Document Type: Article

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