Pitx2: A challenging teenager

Circulation Research

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 749-751

  Poelmann, Robert E ^a   Jongbloed, Monique R M ^a   Gittenberger De Groot, Adriana C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac morphogenesis; Left right asymmetry; Pitx2; Second heart field

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2;

EDITORIAL; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SINOATRIAL NODE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 42049091229     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.174847     Document Type: Editorial

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